#pol

When people tap into this politics of resentment, it usually ends ugly. ↗

— John Avlon

#into #people #politics #resentment #tap

I suffer from a genetic flaw, which is that my mother was a hopeless Pollyanna. ↗

— Bill Ayers

#genetic #hopeless #i #mother #pollyanna

The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted. ↗

— Augustine of Hippo

#among #impure #light #like #passes

Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius like Mr. Dalton's, to be employed in the drudgery of elementary instruction. ↗

— Charles Babbage

#country #dalton #drudgery #elementary #employed

I think the people will- who advocate having a step back and read those public opinion polls on the front page of the newspapers all over this country saying public supports restoration in restoration of the Everglades, protection of the parks and the creation of monuments. ↗

— Bruce Babbitt

#back #country #creation #everglades #front

We have to preserve it and use it sustainably. And the short-term use of resources at the destruction of the long-term heritage of this country is not a policy that we can pursue. ↗

— Bruce Babbitt

#destruction #heritage #long-term #policy #preserve

In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion. ↗

— Carl Sagan

#religion #science #change

I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political views. ↗

— Kevin Bacon

#celebrity #how #i #i do #much

I'm not political and I don't judge. ↗

— David Bailey

#judge #political

When the state or federal government control the education of all of our children, they have the dangerous and illegitimate monopoly to control and influence the thought process of our citizens. ↗

— Michael Badnarik

#citizens #control #dangerous #education #federal