#politics

Social conservatism and neoconservatism have revived authoritarian conservatism, and not for the better of conservatism or American democracy. True conservatism is cautious and prudent. Authoritarianism is rash and radical. American democracy has benefited from true conservatism, but authoritarianism offers potentially serious trouble for any democracy. ↗

— John W. Dean

#conservatism #democracy #politics #democracy

As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. ↗

— H.L. Mencken

#elite #elitism #elitist #meritocracy #politics

Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others. ↗

— Winston Churchill

#democracy #humour #politics #democracy

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#civic-responsibility #inaugural-address #politics #responsibility

All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#influence

A socialist is just someone who is unable to get over his or her astonishment that most people who have lived and died have spent lives of wretched, fruitless, unremitting toil. ↗

— Terry Eagleton

#politics #socialism #ideology

It is wrong to have an ideal view of the world. That's where the mischief starts. That's where everything starts unravelling... ↗

— V.S. Naipaul

#politics #ideology

Everything we see in the world is the creative work of women. ↗

— Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

#politics #turk #women #creativity

This story is the ultimate example of American’s biggest political problem. We no longer have the attention span to deal with any twenty-first century crisis. We live in an economy that is immensely complex and we are completely at the mercy of the small group of people who understand it – who incidentally often happen to be the same people who built these wildly complex economic systems. We have to trust these people to do the right thing, but we can’t, because, well, they’re scum. Which is kind of a big problem, when you think about it. ↗

— Matt Taibbi

#government #politics #thievery #united-states #economy

The real satanist is not quite so easily recognized as such ↗

— Anton Szandor LaVey

#politics #power #economy