#politic

I would rather be governed by the first 2000 people in the Manhattan phone book than the entire faculty of Harvard. ↗

— William F. Buckley

#diversity #political-philosophy #democracy

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#civic-responsibility #inaugural-address #politics #responsibility

All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#influence

A socialist is just someone who is unable to get over his or her astonishment that most people who have lived and died have spent lives of wretched, fruitless, unremitting toil. ↗

— Terry Eagleton

#politics #socialism #ideology

It is wrong to have an ideal view of the world. That's where the mischief starts. That's where everything starts unravelling... ↗

— V.S. Naipaul

#politics #ideology

I hate purity, I hate goodness! I don't want virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones. ↗

— George Orwell

#political-satire #quthoritarianism #russian-revolution #virtue

For a host, above all, must be kind to his guests. ↗

— Dr. Seuss

#political

Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it. ↗

— Mark Twain

#politics #political

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests. ↗

— Patrick Henry

#political

LSD is a psychedelic drug which occasionally causes psychotic behavior in people who have NOT taken it. ↗

— Timothy Leary

#politicians #psychedelics #squares #straights #behavior