The world hasn't changed that much; men still rule.
Philippa GregoryTags: politics
Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned, everywhere is war. And until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation, until the colour of a man's skin is of no more significance than the colour of his eyes. And until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race, there is war. And until that day, the dream of lasting peace, world citizenship, rule of international morality, will remain but a fleeting illusion to be pursued, but never attained... now everywhere is war.”
- Popularized by Bob Marley in the song War
Tags: politics equality peace war diversity race racism bob-marley
After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.
Ann RichardsTags: politics women dance dancing texas
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
Charles de GaulleTags: politics
The Seven Social Sins are:
Wealth without work.
Pleasure without conscience.
Knowledge without character.
Commerce without morality.
Science without humanity.
Worship without sacrifice.
Politics without principle.
From a sermon given by Frederick Lewis Donaldson in Westminster Abbey, London, on March 20, 1925.
Tags: science money politics principle happiness knowledge morality wealth humanity work pleasure conscience sin character worship misattributed-to-gandhi sacrifice sins commerce
Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.
Dwight D. EisenhowerTags: politics liberalism liberals conservatism conservatives democrats extremism republicans
He showed the words “chocolate cake” to a group of Americans and recorded their word associations. “Guilt” was the top response. If that strikes you as unexceptional, consider the response of French eaters to the same prompt: “celebration.
Michael PollanTags: politics food french guilt chocolate americans chocolate-cake connotations semantics word-association
During my tenure at the Endowment, I often found that those who did us the most damage did so under the justification of helping us by 'preventing worse language.' In the military it would be called friendly fire. One ends up just as dead.
John FrohnmayerAn appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
Winston S. ChurchillTags: humor politics nature human appeasement
The difference between a politician and a statesman is that a politician thinks about the next election while the statesman think about the next generation.
James Freeman ClarkeTags: politics politicians statesmen
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