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“The old parties are husks, with no real soul within either, divided on artificial lines, boss-ridden and privilege-controlled, each a jumble of incongruous elements, and neither daring to speak out wisely and fearlessly on what should be said on the vital issues of the day.”

Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century

“I have the highest veneration of those Gentleman, -- but, Sir, give me leave to demand, what right had they to say, We, the People? My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare, leads me to ask who authorized them to speak the language of, We, the People, instead of We, the States? States are the characteristics, and the soul of the confederation. If the States be not the agents of this compact, it must be one of great consolidated National Government of the people of all the States.”

“I do believe, as my father once said, that "No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out."”

Wells Soul Matter Hard Might Political Loss Failure Victory Losing Glory Defeat Shakes Gore Victory And Defeat Victory Defeat

Author:Al Gore

“Never can a new idea move within the law. It matters not whether that idea pertains to political and social changes or to any other domain of human thought and expression - to science, literature, music; in fact, everything that makes for freedom and joy and beauty must refuse to move within the law. How can it be otherwise? The law is stationary, fixed, mechanical, 'a chariot wheel' which grinds all alike without regard to time, place and condition, without ever taking into account cause and effect, without ever going into the complexity of the human soul.”

“As yet we use our media only for selling things - including, of course, political candidates. What will happen when someone masters the art of selling souls?”

Art Soul Use Happens Political Courses Media Masters Including Selling Advertising Candidates Political Candidates Selling Things

Book:The Devil at Large: Erica Jong on Henry Miller

Source: The Devil at Large: Erica Jong on Henry Miller

“war has dug itself into economic systems, where it offers a livelihood to millions ... It has lodged in our souls as a kind of religion, a quick tonic for political malaise and a bracing antidote to the moral torpor of consumerist, market-driven cultures.”

Kind War Soul Political Culture Moral Millions Economic Offers Driven Antidote Livelihood Economic Systems Malaise

Author:Barbara Ehrenreich