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Quotes About Political

The social justice question is: does the state treat its citizens well and equally in selecting the order that it imposes? The political legitimacy question is: does the state treat its citizens well and equally in the way it imposes that order?
~ Philip Pettit
The history of social, political and technological change is inextricably bound to the history of thought.
~ Philip Stokes
The modern information age would never have been possible without the work of the great logician Frege. Female suffrage was taken seriously only after Wollstonecraft. The Enlightenment stood in need of a Voltaire, Einstein needed Newton and Newton, in turn, relied on Aristotle. The history of social, political and technological change is inextricably bound to the history of thought.
~ Philip Stokes
The history of social, political and technological change is inextricably bound to the history of thought. To
~ Philip Stokes
A sports journalist doesn't have to be sporty any more than a political journalist has to be an opportunistic liar.
~ Philippe Geluck
Let me just say that to imagine racism does not exist is imagination. And to imagine that it does not create its own set of problems is true imagination. So let's not imagine that racism is gone, extinguished, because it's not. We are seeing this in the top levels of the political arena, and we are seeing it very, very plainly.
~ Phylicia Rashad
La mia indipendenza, che è la mia forza, implica la solitudine, che è la mia debolezza. Odio – come ho tante volte detto – l'indipendenza politica. La mia è quindi una indipendenza, diciamo, umana. Un vizio. Non potrei farne a meno. Ne sono schiavo. Non potrei nemmeno gloriarmene, farmene un piccolo vanto. Amo invece la solitudine. Ma essa è pericolosa.
~ Pier Paolo Pasolini
I stressed to Neto that the way we treat the population is key to gaining their support. . . . I stressed how the thuggish behavior of the FNLA (robberies, assaults, murders, rapes, unbelievable savagery) engenders widespread hatred even among people who are not politicized. Later, there will be [time for] propaganda, political education, . . . but simply treating people well . . . can garner the massive support of the population.50
~ Piero Gleijeses
I advise everyone with plans to visit Brazil for the Olympics in Rio - to stay home. You'll be putting your life at risk here. This is without even speaking about the state of public hospitals and all the Brazilian political mess.
~ Rivaldo
Spike Lee is one of my biggest influences. What I love about Spike, other than he's just a fun guy to hang around, is that Spike is fearless. As much as people talk about him being politically outspoken, let's not forget that he's one of the best screenwriters, ever, in addition to being a visual master.
~ Cheo Hodari Coker
I think of my visual work as an exploration of political epistemology: the politics of how we know what we think we know.
~ Trevor Paglen
War is, in fact, an extension of politics, and in any war, military operations have to be conducted in such a way that they contribute to sustainable political outcomes consistent with vital interests that are at stake in that war.
~ H. R. McMaster
I'm passionate about mobilizing young Latinos to get to the polls, so I'm involved with Voto Latino. Latinos are a vital but underrepresented force in this country.
~ Ana Ortiz
When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the characters, their past histories and the political intrigues that surround them. This discovery process is vital, and I would not prejudice it by deciding too much in advance.
~ David Brin
When the commander-in-chief sends Americans to fight and die, it should be only to protect our vital national interests, not for his own personal, political gain.
~ Kathleen Troia McFarland
Meaningful ethics reform is vital to restoring public confidence in Missouri's political system.
~ Josh Hawley
But no one can praise Roosevelt for doing this and then insist that he restored our traditional political and economic systems to their former vitality.
~ John T. Flynn
Tony Blair is an extremely popular figure in North America. His memoir is refreshing, both for its candour and vivid portrayal of political life.
~ Sonny Mehta
Where prominent writers are expected to have a socially, politically responsible voice, musicians sometimes find meaning only in the voice which produces melodies with vocal chords.
~ Stephen Hough
The Trump administration gives me so many more opportunities to be verbal and vocal.
~ Mazie Hirono
Consumers have to become an appropriately strong and vocal lobby capable of embarrassing the political establishment.
~ Sucheta Dalal
It's only shocking to the uninitiated that 'Teen Vogue' would have the audacity to be political and style-focused.
~ Elaine Welteroth
No matter whether it's someone from the political left or right, we just need a voice to stand up and defend animal rights.
~ Brigitte Bardot
As the remaining voices for civil disobedience are suppressed, the political spectrum narrows even further.
~ Joshua Wong