#co

Nonetheless, we continue to be obsessed with finding or inventing a European nation which, as in the nation state, guarantees homogeneity and thus an appropriate form of democracy and centralized government. ↗

— Ulrich Beck

#centralized #continue #democracy #european #finding

Today, we have a trade regime which has led to the largest trade deficits this country has ever experienced. ↗

— Xavier Becerra

#deficits #ever #experienced #largest #led

We aim in the domain of politics at republicanism; in the domain of economics at socialism; in the domain of what is today called religion, at atheism. ↗

— August Bebel

#atheism #called #domain #economics #politics

Most of us are consumed with our own thoughts and desires and are not always thinking about what other people may want. This is not necessarily being egocentric; it is just being human. ↗

— Bo Bennett

#always #being #being human #consumed #desires

The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids' decision not to drink alcohol. ↗

— Xavier Becerra

#decision #drink #good #good news #influence

February 19, 1942, is the year in which Executive Order 9066 was signed, and this was the order that called for the exclusion and internment of all Japanese Americans living on the west coast during World War II. ↗

— Xavier Becerra

#coast #during #exclusion #executive #february

And partly, the worst thing you could do in my family was need something from someone. So physical strength represented an avenue of self-sufficiency to me. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#could #family #me #need #partly

Autobiographical comics, I love them. I love them. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#comics #i #i love #love #them

I love Jules Feiffer. I didn't discover him until I was a little older. ↗

— Alison Bechdel

#him #i #i love #jules #little

A Big Mac - the communion wafer of consumption. ↗

— John Ralston Saul

#big mac #communion #consumption #mac