#political

And I also thought that Richard Nixon was the greatest political education we have ever had, but it looks like we need to relearn them again. ↗

— Wavy Gravy

#also #education #ever #greatest #had

As a German citizen, as a German professor, and as a political person, I hold it to be not only my right but also my moral duty to take part in the shaping of our German destiny, to expose and oppose obvious wrongs. ↗

— Kurt Huber

#citizen #destiny #duty #expose #german

I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism. ↗

— P. D. James

#believe #correctness #down #fascism #form

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

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

It's true that it's within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to work through political issues, which I think is good, although it's not going to solve the problems. ↗

— Angela Davis

#cultural #going #good #i #i think

Look at the number of cop shows and lawyer shows and forensics shows... I think there could be room for two quite different examinations of the same political office. ↗

— Geena Davis

#could #different #examinations #forensics #i

A political party is dying before our eyes-and I don't mean the Democrats. I'm talking about the mainstream media, which is being destroyed by the opposition. ↗

— Howard Fineman

#before #being #democrats #destroyed #dying

Any idea can be brought into the classroom if the point is to inquire into its structure, history, influence and so forth. But no idea belongs in the classroom if the point of introducing it is to recruit your students for the political agenda it may be thought to imply. ↗

— Stanley Fish

#any #belongs #brought #classroom #forth