Wendy McElroy Quotes
Political correctness will die as it lived - kicking and screaming ad hominem abuse as a substitute for arguments.
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It is up to African leaders to show their will and political courage in order to assure that this new pan-African institution becomes an efficient instrument and not a place for endless discussions.
Omar Bongo
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I was suffering from a peculiar and persistent sense that I was being pursued, and also the conviction that under the political order of the times, our lives had no meaning.
Naguib Mahfouz
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Political democracy cannot last unless there lies at the base of it social democracy. What does social democracy mean? It means a way of life which recognizes liberty, equality and fraternity as the principles of life.
Babasaheb
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There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe, and I believe, that here in America, our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams.
Barack Obama
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The right-wing of the Republican party isn't so much a political agenda as a plea for help.
Larry Flynt
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Artists are political in the sense that they've subtracted themselves from the structure of the marketplace and are contributing something that's not utilitarian. Even though books get sold, and I get advances, I get to look at society and think for a living.
Rachel Kushner
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I think issues and substance, policy and vision and record should be the meat of politics.
Ted Cruz
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Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
A. J. Liebling
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Politics and government are certainly among the most important of practical human interests.
P. T. Barnum
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The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it.
P. J. O'Rourke
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I can make the argument that people who don't have the biggest ranges but have very unique voices, even if they may be pitchy at times... with the right record that's really unique and distinct, they can have big hits.
Kara DioGuardi
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Bangalore now wants a person who doesn't only play politics. Bangalore needs a problem solver, and I am a problem solver. I will be the bridge between Bangalore and the Centre.
Nandan Nilekani
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I'm an economist, not a political scientist.
Dambisa Moyo
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Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.
Hans Magnus Enzensberger
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We propose in the following Treatise to give an outline of the Science which treats of the Nature, the Production, and the Distribution of Wealth. To that Science we give the name of Political Economy.
Nassau William Senior
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I belong to Helmut Kohl's political pupils.
Viktor Orban
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There is no room for political, personal or religious ideologies in science.
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
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While some who downplay Christ's divinity have imagined Jesus as a great social worker 'being kind to old ladies, small dogs and little children,' orthodox Christianity has not wanted Jesus to have a political message.
N. T. Wright
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Dickens never joined a political party nor put forward a political programme. He was a writer who rightly saw his power as coming through his fiction.
Claire Tomalin
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In political administration, no problem is ever simple. It can never be reduced to the question whether a certain measure is good or not.
Napoleon Bonaparte
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It took two months from the day my fiance proposed to my first Google search for 'wedding planning: how?' Now, let me interrupt myself here and share how much I hate using the word 'fiance.' It's so fancy, and it's hard not to sound like a jerk saying it. Which is why I will be using my own word for fiance: gloob.
Ellie Kemper
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I don't really want to make this sound depressing, but I will say that I didn't really have my first kiss until really, really late.
Bebe Rexha
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I'd rather live in Bohemia than in any other land.
John Boyle O'Reilly
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Political correctness will die as it lived - kicking and screaming ad hominem abuse as a substitute for arguments.
Wendy McElroy