#politic

Abraham Lincoln did not shoot John Wilkes Booth. Titanic did not sink a North Atlantic iceberg. And Fox News is neither fair nor balanced. These are simple historical facts intelligible to all adults, most children, and some of your more discerning domesticated animals. But not... to Bill O ↗

— Keith Olbermann

#politics #humor

The counterculture has nothing to do with Dolce & Gabbana having a 'Hippy Summer' or something. Street kids, and kids who want to live in any sort of counter-cultural experience other than what's being presented by the mainstream media or political climate, or 'normal' cultural climate, are never going to look like that. ↗

— Chris Robinson

#any #being #climate #cultural #experience

I think to be in politics you have to have the taste for blood on that. ↗

— Moira Kelly

#i #i think #politics #taste #think

A political convention is not a place where you can come away with any trace of faith in human nature. ↗

— Murray Kempton

#away #come #convention #faith #human

In the political context fair means somebody that will vote for the unions or for the business. It can't mean that in the judicial context or we're in real trouble. ↗

— Anthony Kennedy

#context #fair #judicial #mean #means

The one thing we can all be sure about in politics is you are as well to expect the unexpected. ↗

— Charles Kennedy

#expect #expect the unexpected #one thing #politics #sure

Yes, you need substance in politics - but I think your style also says something about how you arrive at some of your conclusions. ↗

— Charles Kennedy

#also #arrive #conclusions #how #i

Tell me,' asked Stas, 'what is a wicked deed?' 'If anyone takes away Kali's cow,' he answered after a brief reflection, 'that then is a wicked deed.' 'Excellent!' exclaimed Stas, 'and what is a good one?' This time the answer came without any reflection: 'If Kali takes away the cow of somebody else, that is a good deed.' Stas was too young to perceive that similar views of evil and good deeds were enunciated in Europe not only by politicians but by whole nations. ↗

— Henryk Sienkiewicz

#good-and-evil #morality #political-philosophy #political-science #religion

Show me a young Conservative and I'll show you someone with no heart. Show me an old Liberal and I'll show you someone with no brains. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#conserative #liberal #politics #wisdom #age

Terror must never be allowed as a means for political confrontation. ↗

— Klaus Kinkel

#confrontation #means #must #never #political