politics

"In nearly all the papers, all composure was lost. The critics would begin by saying: 'there is no need to devote much space to the Cubists, who are utterly without importance', and then they furiously…"

"Economically and politically, Britain can get along with double digit unemployment."

"Donald Trump is never going to resign... is ego is never going to let him resign. He will not be moved against by the Republicans... They've made their bed with him. They're excusing everything he doe…"

"Moreover, the entire international trading system is prone to corruption and bribery by foreign contractors."

"Of recent years... representative government all over the world has been threatened with a growing paralysis. Legislative bodies have tended more and more to become wholly inefficient for the purposes…"

"Government must be a transparent garment which tightly clings to the people’s body."

"Unfortunately, people in California would vote for a bowl of shit if it had “D” next to it."

"I think it is absolutely essential in a democracy to have competition in the media,a lot of competition,and we seem to be moving away from that."

"We are assembled during the most crucial period in the history of our State and of our Nation. An army of unemployed, some 200,000 homeless and wandering boys, thousands of abandoned farms, an ever-in…"

"Democracy and security do not fall from heaven — they come with a cost."

"The concept of the state presupposes the concept of the political."

"Politics may be defined as: the method adopted in governments for obtaining motivation toward a monopoly. In all political actions, a monopoly of control and method is sought."

"There is no difference between communism and socialism, except in the means of achieving the same ultimate end: communism proposes to enslave men by force, socialism—by vote. It is merely the differen…"

"The official designs of the Government, especially its designs in connection with postage stamps and coinage, may be described, I think, as the silent ambassadors of national taste."

"After 1930, political theorists had begun to realize that every democracy—being a government of public opinion—is largely in the hands of those who make public opinion—that is to say, the newspaper-ow…"

"A Short Introduction to Tommy Douglas and his Government"

"should not be seen as an opportunity to overturn the result. It gives an opportunity for the 48% of voters who backed Remain to have an input and pursue a soft Brexit."

"The government have only a small majority in the House of Commons. I want to make it quite clear that this will not affect our ability to govern. Having been charged with the duties of Government we i…"

"The failure in public and in private life thus to treat each man on his own merits, the recognition of this government as being either for the poor as such or for the rich as such, would prove fatal t…"

"Civilization, in fact, grows more and more maudlin and hysterical; especially under democracy it tends to degenerate into a mere combat of crazes; the whole aim of practical politics is to keep the po…"