#pol

Unity is a great thing and a great slogan. But what the workers’ cause needs is the unity of Marxists, not unity between Marxists, and opponents and distorters of Marxism. ↗

— Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

#democracy #freedom #history #hope #individualism

A government run by billionaires for billionaires is an affront to freedom, morality, and humanity. ↗

— Michael Moore

#freedom

When someone gives me either a democratic or republican pamphlet, I throw it in their face. I’m a librarian, damn it! We only take book donations. ↗

— Bauvard

#funny #humor #politics #funny

I've always been led to believe that the ultimate goal for an author is the movie deal. Now I understand that the movie deal is merely a MEANS TO A MUCH HIGHER END: NAIL POLISH. ↗

— Kristin Cashore

#hunger-games #nail-polish #funny

I have never voted in my life... I have always known and understood that the idiots are in a majority so it's certain they will win. ↗

— Louis-Ferdinand Céline

#politics #humor

To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#political #politics #humor

If we would learn what the human race really is at bottom, we need only observe it in election times. ↗

— Mark Twain

#politics #humor

During my tenure at the Endowment, I often found that those who did us the most damage did so under the justification of helping us by 'preventing worse language.' In the military it would be called friendly fire. One ends up just as dead. ↗

— John Frohnmayer

#law #politics #art

Kill all the prisoners, because they’re costing us too much money. Wait! No, kill all the politicians, because they’re spending too much money. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#kill #money #politicians #politics #prisoners

In England I am always madam; I arrived too late to ever be a miss. In New York I have only been madamed once, by the doorman at the Carlyle Hotel. ↗

— Anna Quindlen

#form-of-address #formality #london #madam #miss