#pol

I love England. It's no coincidence it's the first place I moved to for a more cosmopolitan life, which is the only thing Iceland lacks. ↗

— Bjork

#cosmopolitan #england #first #i #i love

But I'm not interested in politics. I lose interest the microsecond it ceases to be emotional, when something becomes a political movement. What I'm interested in is emotions. ↗

— Bjork

#ceases #emotional #emotions #i #interest

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it. ↗

— Clarence Darrow

#anybody #become #beginning #believe #boy

I am not opposed to the limited use of polygraphs in a case where a person is suspected of wrongdoing. But widespread use of the polygraph as a screening tool goes far beyond what is acceptable. ↗

— Jeff Bingaman

#am #beyond #case #far #goes

I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It's just a weakness that we human beings have for control - we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. ↗

— Dave Davies

#became #beings #control #controlling #human

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#me #non #politeness #sine

Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#conservatism #conserving #know #secondhand #their

What I think is different today is the lack of political connection between the black middle class and the increasing numbers of black people who are more impoverished than ever before. ↗

— Angela Davis

#between #black #class #connection #different

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#america #both #many #men #parties

In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#always #basis #friendships #hatreds #politics