#political

We believe that to govern perfectly it is necessary to avoid governing too much. ↗

— James Hilton

#political #inspirational

Israeli Arabs have more political rights than any other Arabs in the Middle East, including their compatriots in the Palestinian Authority. ↗

— Jack Schwartz

#arabs #authority #compatriots #east #including

They were following me because I was ahead of them, which is no way to choose a leader. Following someone simply because they're out in front is never a good idea, but it happens all the time. ↗

— Alan Huffman

#leadership

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#intellectual #political #willful-ignorance #life

Workers – men and women – of all countries, place yourselves under the banner of the Fourth International. It is the banner of your approaching victory! ↗

— Leon Trotsky

#proletariat #men

Markets weed out inefficient practices, but only when no one has sufficient power to manipulate them. ↗

— Ha-Joon Chang

#change

The Bible tells us to be like God, and then on page after page it describes God as a mass murderer. This may be the single most important key to the political behavior of Western Civilization. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

#behavior #bible #civilization #describes #god

It is your duty,' he said, 'to recover your country not by gold but by the sword. You will be fighting with all you love before your eyes: the temples of the gods, your wives and children, the soil of your native land scarred with the ravages of war, and everything which honor and truth call upon you to defend, or recover, or avenge. ↗

— Livy

#political-philosophy #political-science #speeches #war #love