#politic

You slam a politician, you make out he's the devil, with horns and hoofs. But his wife loves him, and so did all his mistresses. ↗

— Pamela Hansford Johnson

#did #him #his #horns #loves

I think a reason that a lot of people feel politically paralysed is that it used to be clear how power was organised. But those who have their hands on the levers of popular culture today have great power - and it isn't even clear who they are. ↗

— Susan Faludi

#culture #even #feel #great #great power

If modernist naturalism were true, there would be no objective truth outside of science. In that case right and wrong would be a matter of cultural preference, or political power, and the power already available to modernists ideologies would be overwhelming. ↗

— Phillip E. Johnson

#available #case #cultural #ideologies #matter

The human rights community has focused very narrowly on political and civil rights for many decades, and with reason, but now we have to ask how can we broaden the view. ↗

— Paul Farmer

#broaden #civil #civil rights #community #decades

The people have already determined Chechnya's status at the referendum - it is a unit of the Russian Federation. Its political status is not to be discussed any more. ↗

— Akhmad Kadyrov

#any #chechnya #determined #discussed #federation

What my political views or my constitutional views are just doesn't matter. ↗

— Elena Kagan

#just #matter #political #political views #views

I've led a school whose faculty and students examine and discuss and debate every aspect of our law and legal system. And what I've learned most is that no one has a monopoly on truth or wisdom. I've learned that we make progress by listening to each other, across every apparent political or ideological divide. ↗

— Elena Kagan

#apparent #aspect #debate #discuss #divide

I believe it is still true that conflicts among major powers usually stem from geopolitical rivalries but rarely from economic competition. ↗

— Robert Kagan

#believe #competition #conflicts #economic #geopolitical

This match is about sport and I separate that completely from politics. ↗

— Oliver Kahn

#completely #i #match #politics #separate

People will pay a price for putting political obstruction over progress in a time that is so critical and urgent. ↗

— Tim Kaine

#obstruction #over #pay #people #political