#pol

I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me. ↗

— William Weld

#come #everything #helms #i #jesse

I don't really wanna talk about politics, I'm not clever enough. ↗

— Paul Weller

#clever #enough #i #politics #really

I talked to General Downer about some of the funding about the National Guard and some of the civil defense workers, the firefighters, the police officers, and the way that FEMA is making them spend that money. We have got a problem there. ↗

— Lynn Westmoreland

#civil #defense #downer #fema #firefighters

The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#military #politicians #start #wars

The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

#country #interest #money #people #political

The American polity is infected with a serious imbalance of power between elites and masses, a power which is the principal threat to our democracy. ↗

— Paul Wellstone

#balance of power #between #democracy #elites #imbalance

On the contrary a film can promote the idea of change without any political message whatsoever but in its form and language can tell people that they can change their lives and contribute to progressive changes in the world. ↗

— Wim Wenders

#change #changes #contrary #contribute #film

Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome. ↗

— Benjamin Whichcote

#esteem #politicians #principles #profitable #religion

In this life, when you deny someone an apology, you will remember it at time you beg forgiveness. ↗

— Toba Beta

#forgiveness #life-lesson #payback #remember #forgiveness

Racism is a moral catastrophe, most graphically seen in the prison industrial complex and targeted police surveillance in black and brown ghettos rendered invisible in public discourse. ↗

— Cornel West

#brown #catastrophe #complex #discourse #ghettos