politics

"In these days, when devils enter into swine, they do not rush violently down a steep place. They call themselves moral reformers, and vote the Prohibition ticket."

"In a world of certainty, the welfare state has only a small role."

"I was not in Chile as a guest of the government. I was in Chile as the guest of a private organization… I must say, it's such a wonderful example of a double standard, because I had spent time in Yugo…"

"Korean nationalism is its emphasis on the vulnerability of the race."

"Relegating conservation to government is like relegating virtue to the Sabbath. Turns over to professionals what should be daily work of amateurs."

"The key need in policy-setting is to reverse the growth of government!"

"To complain that a European Union official is a federalist, is like complaining that a bicycle has handlebars. That's what they are, that's what they do."

"Socrates... said he was not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world."

"Historians are apt to judge war ministers less by the victories achieved under their direction than by the political results which flowed from them. Judged by that standard, I am not sure that I shall…"

"The rights that we upheld can be termed Theoretical Rights. They weren’t directly related to the common citizens’ daily life...what we demanded was democracy; what we’ve got party-cracy. But the quest…"

"Coretta Scott King entry from African American Lives – OUP Blog"

"The central them of Humanistic Marxism is the replacement, in the economy, of authoritarian penalties and material incentives with democratic processes and moral incentives…Great stress is laid upon a…"

"We do not yet have a politics that is equal to the economics around us."

"If the government is convinced that he is innocent and that he has been a victim of mistaken identity, it should move ahead to save him."

"A compulsive dissenter, he had all along remained outside the precincts of governmental power – a fact that has made him an enigma."

"He did not like Ambassador Bern’s diplomatic response. Probably he was the sort that preferred to be the only liar in the room."

"The current use of the National Guard is wrong... These are men who did not sign up to go occupy foreign nations."

"The problem is the Queen is the kind of woman who could vote SDP."

"Website devoted to Bud Powell"

"There is no connection between the political ideas of our educated class and the deep places of the imagination."