#political

I hate purity, I hate goodness! I don't want virtue to exist anywhere. I want everyone to be corrupt to the bones. ↗

— George Orwell

#political-satire #quthoritarianism #russian-revolution #virtue

For a host, above all, must be kind to his guests. ↗

— Dr. Seuss

#political

Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it. ↗

— Mark Twain

#politics #political

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests. ↗

— Patrick Henry

#political

A bright man of conviction and action is a beacon to his country, but a flash light to the scurrying of inaction, ego, and insecurity of lesser men. ↗

— Daniel S. Green

#inspirational #political #inspirational

I feel very happy to be living in Berkeley because there are a lot of people who are politically active here. ↗

— Alice Walker

#because #berkeley #feel #happy #here

What is politics, after all, but the compulsion to preside over property and make others people's decisions for them? Liberty, the very opposite of ownership and control, cannot, then, result from political action, either at the polls or at the barricades, but rather evolves out of attitude. If it results from anything, it must be levity. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#attitude

Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges ↗

— Terence

#science

Poverty is what you see in the eyes of a Black child living in the squattercamp. ↗

— Matsime Simon Mohapi

#science

Bond is the longest-running franchise ever and there's a reason for that: they are action movies but they are also touched by current events without being political or too serious. ↗

— Javier Bardem

#action movies #also #being #bond #current