Political Opinions Quotes - Page 2

• ...one exploiting sect, one people of leeches, one single devouring parasite closely and intimately bound together not only across national boundaries, but also across all divergences of political opinion ... [Jews have] that mercantile passion which constitutes one of the principle traits of their national character

  Mikhail Bakunin

  Character, Passion, People

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• The religious cant that will send American troops into battle is perhaps the most sickening aspect of this surreal war-to-be. Bush has an arm-lock on God. And God has very particular political opinions. God appointed America to save the world in any way that suits America. God appointed Israel to be the nexus of America's Middle Eastern policy, and anyone who wants to mess with that idea is a) anti-Semitic, b) anti-American, c) with the enemy, and d) a terrorist.

  John le Carre

  Religious, War, Ideas

  "British Novelist John le Carré on the Iraq War, Corporate Power, the Exploitation of Africa and His New Novel, “Our Kind of Traitor”". Interview with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. November 25, 2010.

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• You have to be careful with fans, they'll turn on you. They turn quick. Twitter can go dark fast. If you talk about something serious on Twitter, you better be ready. If you try to pull out real facts or talk about political opinions or something religious, forget it. Like if people asked me who I was voting for, you couldn't touch that one.

  Bruce Campbell

  Religious, Real, Dark

  "WonderCon: Bruce Campbell Talks EVIL DEAD, Premiering at SXSW, His Planned Involvement in the Sequel, ARMY OF DARKNESS 2, and Upcoming Projects". Interview with Haleigh Foutch, collider.com. March 31, 2013.

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• The way in which a certain kind of political idealism has been discredited and scorned makes the danger not that intellectuals keep on making fools of themselves, formulating political opinions when they might not be as informed as they might be, but that they retreat and leave politics to the professionals.

  Susan Sontag

  Might, Way, Fool

  Source: ctheory.net

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• In many European countries we have populist indirect democratic systems. The people elect, in a proportionate manner, a parliament. The parliament with all its parties is representative of the political opinions among the citizens. It is reasonable to claim that the people rule itself through the political institutions.

  Torbjorn Tannsjo

  Country, Party, People

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• Machines have no political opinions, but they have profound political effects. They demand a strict regimentation of time, and, by abolishing the need for manual skill, have transformed the majority of the population from workers into laborers. There are, that is to say, fewer and fewer jobs which a man can find a pride and satisfaction in doing well, more and more which have no interest in themselves and can be valued only for the money they provide.

  W. H. Auden

  Jobs, Pride, Men

  "Forewords and Afterwords" by W. H. Auden, ("A Russian Aesthete"), (p. 279), 1973.

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• A man who has made up his mind on a given subject twenty-five years ago and continues to hold his political opinions after he has been proved to be wrong is a man of principle; while he who from time to time adapts his opinions to the changing circumstances of life is an opportunist.

  A. P. Herbert

  Men, Years, Mind

  "Uncommon Law". Book by A. P. Herbert, 1935.

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• Citizens as conceived by governments are persons who admire the status quo and are prepared to exert themselves for its preservation. Oddly enough, while all governments aim at producing men of this type to the exclusion of all other types, their heroes in the past are of exactly the sort that they aim at preventing in the present. Americans admire George Washington and Jefferson, but imprison those who share their political opinions.

  Bertrand Russell

  Hero, Men, Past

  Bertrand Russell (2013). “Education and the Social Order”, p.11, Routledge

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• Only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions.

  Ron Paul

  Sensible, Percent, Political

  "10 Extreme Claims in Ron Paul’s Controversial Newsletters". Ron Paul's 1992 newsletter, www.motherjones.com. January 3, 2012.

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• I am more than ever convinced of the dangers to which the free and unbiased exercise of political opinion - the only sure foundation and safeguard of republican government - would be exposed by any further increase of the already overgrown influence of corporate authorities.

  Martin Van Buren

  Exercise, Government, Liberty

  Martin Van Buren (1969). “Martin Van Buren, 1782-1862: chronology-documents-bibliographical aids”

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• I have a social philosophy; you have political opinions; he has an ideology.

  Clifford Geertz

  Philosophy, Social, Ideology

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• I'm an easy target because of my political opinions.

  Sean Connery

  Target, Easy, Political

  "SNP backs 007 star over tax bill" by Tom Happold, www.theguardian.com. March 06, 2003.

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• I'm a guy with a strong political opinion but I'm not a white nationalist.

  Glenn Beck

  Strong, White, Guy

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• If you come across an American artist right now who has no political opinions or is afraid of talking politics, be very concerned.

  Amanda Palmer

  Artist, Talking, Concerned

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• If by the liberty of the press were understood merely the liberty of discussing the propriety of public measures and political opinions, let us have as much of it as you please: But if it means the liberty of affronting, calumniating and defaming one another, I, for my part, own myself willing to part with my share of it, whenever our legislators shall please so to alter the law and shall chearfully consent to exchange my liberty of abusing others for the privilege of not being abused myself.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Mean, Law, Liberty

  Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.304, Printed for H. Colborn

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• In every political community there are varying shades of political opinion. One of the shadiest of these is the liberals. An outspoken group on many subjects. Ten degrees to the left of center in good times. Ten degrees to the right of center if it affects them personally. Here, then, is a lesson in safe logic.

  Phil Ochs

  Community, Groups, Degrees

  "Phil Ochs in Concert". Live album by Phil Ochs (introduction to the song "Love Me, I'm a Liberal"), March 1966.

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• I do have strong convictions and political opinions, but I don't think it's necessary to imbue my photographic work with them. I use photography as a vessel for visual material to flow through, to encourage conversation with the viewer. I try to present a catalyst and invite viewers to tell their own stories.

  Michael Kenna

  Photography, Strong, Thinking

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• Judged by every standard which history has applied to Governments, the Soviet Government of Russia is one of the worst tyrannies that has ever existed in the world. It accords no political rights. It rules by terror. It punishes political opinions. It suppresses free speech. It tolerates no newspapers but its own. It persecutes Christianity with a zeal and a cunning never equalled since the times of the Roman Emperors. It is engaged at this moment in trampling down the peoples of Georgia and executing their leaders by hundreds.

  Winston Churchill

  Russia, Rights, Government

  Winston Churchill's speech to the Scottish Unionist Association in Edinburgh, Scotland (September 25, 1924), later published in "Winston S. Churchill: His Complete Speeches, 1897-1963" edited by Robert Rhodes James (Volume 4, p. 3472), 1974.

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• If by any chance a playwright wishes to express a political opinion or a moral opinion or a philosophy, he must be a good enough craftsman to do it with so much spice of entertainment in it that the public get the message without being aware of it.

  Noel Coward

  Philosophy, Wish, Spices

  "A Talent to Amuse". Book by Sheridan Morley, 1985.

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• I hold no brief for Communists, but I believe in and will defend their right to act independently within the law. I question whether members of the committee are interested in defending our form of government or whether they are attempting to suppress political opinion at odds with their own.

  Gregory Peck

  Believe, Odds, Government

  "Gregory Peck: A Charmed Life". Book by Lynn Haney, p. 167, 2003.

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• Do not elicit your child's political opinions. He doesn't know any more than you do.

  Fran Lebowitz

  Children, Knows, Political

  Fran Lebowitz (2011). “The Fran Lebowitz Reader”, p.220, Vintage

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• My political opinions lean more and more to anarchy. The most improper job of any man, even saints, is bossing other men. There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power stations. I hope that, encouraged now as patriotism, may remain a habit.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Jobs, Men, Saint

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• Senses of humor define people, as factions, deeper rooted than religious or political opinions. When carrying out everyday tasks, opinions are rather easy to set aside, but those whom a person shares a sense of humor with are his closest friends. They are always there to make the biggest influence.

  Criss Jami

  Best Friend, Religious, People

  Criss Jami (2015). “Killosophy”, p.117, Criss Jami

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• Political dissension is doubtless a less evil than the lethargy of despotism: but still it is a great evil, and it would be as worthy the efforts of the patriot as of the philosopher, to exclude its influence if possible, from social life. The good are rare enough at best. There is no reason to subdivide them by artificial lines. But whether we shall ever be able so far to perfect the principles of society as that political opinions shall, in its intercourse, be as inoffensive as those of philosophy, mechanics, or any other, may well be doubted.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Philosophy, Evil, Perfect

  Thomas Jefferson, Brett F. Woods (2009). “Thomas Jefferson: Thoughts on War and Revolution : Annotated Correspondence”, p.137, Algora Publishing

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• I'm entitled to my political opinions, and I get to vote because I'm an American.

  David Mamet

  Vote, Entitled, Political

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