Quotes About Politics

Of course, many have benefited from Social Security over the decades, especially the elderly. But the overall structure, which as Roosevelt insisted at the outset, put politics before economics, was and is, in the end, economically and fiscally irrational and irresponsible.

not meant to serve the political expedients of a class of governing masterminds and their fanatical followers.

Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments.

single political party and ideology, they not only destroy their own purpose but threaten the existence of a free republic.

From 1836 to 1868, only one candidate was elected to the presidency more than once—Abraham Lincoln.

During the 25 elections between 1850 and 1898 . . . turnover averaged 50.2 percent. On average, more than half the House during any given session in the second half of the nineteenth century was made up of first term members.

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In other words, once the poison of jealousy, contempt, and even hatred enters the bloodstream of the body politic, a dark and foreboding bleakness will begin to cover the society, from which nothing good will come.

Therefore, it is necessary to begin the indoctrination process at an earlier age. Thus, the widening of ideologically driven course work and textbooks in government-run primary and secondary schools. This also explains the war

Statist, liberty is not a blessing but the enemy. It is not possible to achieve Utopia if individuals are free to go their own way.

But rather than disentangle from the federal Leviathan, the recent imposition of Obamacare demonstrates that ideology trumps rationality and the statists' impulse for even more coercive and disastrous designs are never quenched.

Paradoxically, there is no age group more enthusiastically reliable and committed by political deed to an activist if not fervent governing elite than the rising generation, and no age group more jeopardized by it.

The danger of rejecting America's founding principles is illustrated best in this instance by Wilson himself. As is well documented, Wilson was an open racist who, among other things, as president resegregated the federal bureaucracy.32

to the party is more important than fidelity to the country. It holds these characteristics in common with other autocratic and communist parties throughout the world.

dissensus politics

Thank God Donald Trump would never be in the White House.

After all, the Beatitudes don't tend to look a lot like modern Christianity. We choose a political team. We select a denominational preference. We hitch our cart to a branch of philosophy. Anyone that disagrees is quickly and succinctly judged, and simultaneously disregarded as worthless. Big problem with that approach. We are supposed to be loving those who don't agree with us to Jesus—and you can't love those whom you deem worthless.

If you stay too close to someone like Hitler, you are going to burn someday.

Three times in six months an agreement was reached and three times the Prime Minister backed out. Each time the interests of the Hindus of Haryana weighed more heavily with her than a settlement with the Sikhs.

There is therefore considerable evidence to suggest that Bhindranwale's release was ordered by the Home Minister. He certainly still enjoyed Zail Singh's patronage.

The Akali Dai's decision to adopt Bhindranwale was rank political opportunism.

Operation Blue Star

The decision to release Bhindranwale was taken by the government.

In fact it was the burning of his sermons, not his arrest, which turned Bhindranwale against his political godfather, Zail Singh, and against Mrs Gandhi.