What is love of one’s country; is it hate of one’s uncountry? Then it’s not a good thing. Is it simply self-love? That’s a good thing, but one musn’t make a virtue of it, or...

I want a future abortion conversation known for its openness, respect and empathy, so instead of generating more heat, anger and conflict, I practice pro-voice.

Richard Nixon had made a fatal error in ignoring the politico-meteorological dimension when he announced the expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia on April 30, 1970. The invasion of Laos, on the other hand,...

Like Aristotle, conservatives generally accept the world as it is; they distrust the politics of abstract reason – that is, reason divorced from experience.

We can act to deal with the consequences of the earthquake and tsunami, but the disaster was only faintly political in the economics and indifference…the relief will be very political, in who gives how much...

For a short while she considered the idea of orchestral courtesy. Certainly one should avoid giving political offence: German orchestras, of course, used to be careful about playing Wagner abroad, at least in some countries,...

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.

Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science, by rendering them my supreme delight. But the enormities of the times in which I have lived, have forced me to take a part in resisting...

This is that moment in the hangover in which you discover that your keys are in your hat, the cat is in the sink, and you attempted late the previous night to make stew out...

We also have to consider the many different kinds of rape we have learned about over the past few years as conservative politicians blunder through trying to explain their stances on sexual violence and abortion....

I am no longer ‘trying to dig up evidence to prove’ vaccines cause autism. There is already abundant evidence….This debate is not scientific but is political

[Two respondents] minimized the assimilationist implications of the dominant account; Russ Silver rejects the idea entirely.I have no interest in being accepted. I consider this system corrupt, and I don’t want to be accepted by...

The whole point about corruption in politics is that it can’t be done, or done properly, without a bipartisan consensus.

If after hearing my songs just one human being is inspired to say something nasty to a friend or perhaps to strike a loved one it will all have been worth the while.

The Afghan government is as corrupt as a prostitute with a law degree.

I wanted that future officer to weigh decisions with a supple mind and to be comfortable with nuance and uncertainty.

[The haggadah] was made to teach, and it will continue to teach. And it might teach a lot more than just the Exodus story.”What do you mean?”Well, from what you’ve told me, the book has...

Mis-information is rampant in this great age of mass-information. While we have more access to learning than ever before in the history of the world, we’re actually getting dumber it seems. The amount of (mis)information...

Every election is a sort of advance auction sale of stolen goods.

To speak a language is to take on a world, a culture.

His idleness was his refuge, and in this he was like many others in [occupied] France in that period; laziness became political.

Competition works best in sports, but humans get addicted to stuff.

Politically, Republicans and Democrats are at opposite ends. One’s a burp and the other’s a fart.

You never see the entire script of political theater until long after the last scene has been acted out.

International politics is never about democracy and human rights. It’s about the interests of states. Remember that, no matter what you are told in history lessons.

4 in 5 Americans disapprove of the job Congress is doing, which begs the question: Are 1 in 5 Americans retarded?

Life, faculties, production-in other words, individuality, liberty, property-this is man. And in spite of the cunning of artful political leaders, these three gifts from God precede all human legislation, and are superior to it.

Stop making flamboyant promises. Earn the people’s trust first, then do more than they expect

There is a spirit and a need and a man at the beginning of every great human advance. Every one of these must be right for that particular moment in history or nothing happens.

Negotiations with Iran, especially, will not be easy under any circumstances, but I suspect that they might be somewhat less difficult if the nuclear-weapon states could show that their requests are part of a broader...

A fascist is one whose lust for money or power is combined with such an intensity of intolerance toward those of other races, parties, classes, religions, cultures, regions or nations as to make him ruthless...

When you make love you’re using up energy; and afterwards you feel happy and don’t give a damn for anything. They can’t bear you to feel like that. They want you to be bursting with...

I trust politicians to do what’s right. For themselves.

I serve the people. Am I a politician? No, I’m just a greedy and corrupt waiter.

If I run for office, my political platform will be made of wood, and it’ll be made by the people.

I’d make a great politician. I’d make it out of pig shit, so it wouldn’t be as foul as it is now.

When all the birds and all the fish join forces, the politicians will be forced to chew on and swallow their own slimy, wormlike words. But until the time that the sky and the sea...

Let’s say you’re a politician. You’re still you, but you are an elected official. In other words, in this scenario, you get to keep your intelligence, integrity, loyalty, and honesty, whereas any other politician in...

[T]he enduring problem for liberals, as for everyone else, is not whether history will judge them wise or foolish regarding the war on terrorism; it is, rather, the way that the past decade has splintered...

If there are seven people present, myself included, and there is one pizza that’s cut into eight slices, then everyone should get one slice—except for me, who should get two slices, because I didn’t pay....

I had a dream about you. Before I shaved my beard, I looked like a cat. My facial hair accurately represented my political beliefs, and if you don’t agree, well you can just lick my...

I was supposed to attend a conference in Toledo, but rather than travel, I lobbied City Counsel to change our town’s name to Toledo. I should be a politician. Not only would I save the...

American political culture quickly and always outpaces any attempt to satirize it.

Liberty should be understood as freedom from the government, specifically, freedom from the initiation of physical force by the government.

The sepia tone of November has become blood-soaked with paper poppies festooning the lapels of our politicians, newsreaders and business leaders … I will no longer allow my obligation as a veteran to remember those...

It appears history is going to keep happening, despite our hopes for retirement.

For every fatal shooting, there were roughly three non-fatal shootings. And, folks, this is unacceptable in America.

The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism....

The host took care to produce one or another of these whenever the current subjects seemed about used up, so that the conversation gathered new life and at the same time steered clear of political...

Ethics”, and I said, Sure, I might enjoy a bit of stand-up comedy.