#los

All resistance is a rupture with what is. And every rupture begins, for those engaged in it, through a rupture with oneself. ↗

— Alain Badiou

#ontology #philosophy #politics #resistance-theory #political-philosophy

I hold strongly to this: that it is better to be impetuous than circumspect; because fortune is a woman and if she is to be submissive it is necessary to beat and coerce her. ↗

— Niccolò Machiavelli

#political-philosophy #political-philosophy

Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide. ↗

— John Adams

#political-philosophy #suicide #political-philosophy

We youths say “like” all the time because we mistrust reality. ↗

— James S. Kunen

#politics #youth #political-philosophy

When you use your energy and resources to punish people, you run out of energy and resources to protect people. ↗

— Kelly Bryson

#politics #political-philosophy

إذا بات قدر الكاتب الذى يعلن إنتمائه الاسلامى و يصر أن يخوض بدينه معركة التقدم , أن يواجه فى مسيرته ثلاث معارك فى آن واحد . أولها ضد الناقدين للإسلام , و ثانيها ضد المتربصين بالعاملين فى ميدان الدعوة , و الثالثة مع فصائل المتدينين انفسهم ↗

— فهمي هويدي

#political-philosophy

The thing I want to write most is the next thing I write. ↗

— Carroll Bryant

#philisohpical #philosphy #writers #writers-block #writers-on-writing

The philosopher ought never to try to avoid the duty of making up his mind. ↗

— Mortimer Adler

#duty #his #making #making up #mind

We differ on several issues. And this may include settlement, the release of prisoners, the wall closing institutions in Jerusalem. ↗

— Mahmoud Abbas

#differ #include #institutions #issues #jerusalem

When I talk to people in need, they tell me they want to hope; they are eager for opportunity; they are ready for better days. And I can tell you that every time their hopes are disappointed, all nations lose. ↗

— Abdallah II

#better #days #disappointed #eager #every