When the business man rebukes the idealism of his office-boy, it is commonly in some such speech as this: "Ah, yes, when one is young, one has these ideals in the abstract and these castles in the air; but in middle age they all break up like clouds, and one comes down to a belief in practical politics, to using the machinery one has and getting on with the world as it is." Thus, at least, venerable and philanthropic old men now in their honoured graves used to talk to me when I was a boy.But since then I have grown up and have discovered that these philanthropic old men were telling lies. What has really happened is exactly the opposite of what they said would happen. They said that I should lose my ideals and begin to believe in the methods of practical politicians. Now, I have not lost my ideals in the least; my faith in fundamentals is exactly what it always was. What I have lost is my old childlike faith in practical politics. I am still as much concerned as ever about the Battle of Armageddon; but I am not so much concerned about the General Election. As a babe I leapt up on my mother's knee at the mere mention of it. No; the vision is always solid and reliable. The vision is always a fact. It is the reality that is often a fraud. As much as I ever did, more than I ever did, I believe in Liberalism. But there was a rosy time of innocence when I believed in Liberals.
G.K. ChestertonMots clés politics age experience youth idealism practicality
Only victors have stories to tell,
we the vanquished were then thought of
as cowards and weaklings whose memories
and fears should not be remembered.
Mots clés politics history wwii violence soldiers
A day came when I should have died,
and after than nothing seemed very important,
so I stayed as I am, without regret
separated from the normal human condition.
Mots clés politics history wwii violence soldiers
Political centrism ≠ neutrality. Being a centrist doesn't make you unbiased; it biases you in favour of the centre.
Rodney UlyateMots clés politics neutrality bias twitter 2013 centrism
One doesn't commit evil actions in the belief that one is acting wrongly. What allows one to commit such acts is the belief that it will contribute to a greater good.
Una McCormackWe are our own worst enemy.
Una McCormackMots clés politics morality philosophy
The difference between politics and religion is that the first makes it legal to hate, and makes the love of the second illegal.
Rebecca McKinseyMots clés politics love difference hate religion legal illegal
This won't stop her from getting elected...Stupider people get elected all the time. It's America. We love the sleazy. And the crazy.
Rachel CaineMots clés politics america voting morganville-vampires shane-collins
Let's run the experiment.
Chris HayesMots clés politics america health-care health-insurance affordable-care-act health-care-reform obamacare
This is the opposite of the free market.
Bill MaherMots clés politics america health-care health-insurance tea-party affordable-care-act health-care-reform obamacare
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