#radical

To be radical, an empiricism must neither admit into its constructions any element that is not directly experienced, nor exclude from them any element that is directly experienced. ↗

— William James

#any #constructions #directly #element #empiricism

But we can also take the radical view that the test of an economy has to do with the extent to which it is providing everybody with a decent means of living. ↗

— David Korten

#decent #economy #everybody #extent #living

I remain optimistic. What we've seen in Europe and the rest of the world is that freedom has a much stronger attraction than radical fundamentalism. ↗

— Gijs de Vries

#europe #freedom #fundamentalism #i #much

I have to think that I think it's always been a horse race between this administration's temporary political acumen and their completely, utterly, totally bankrupt policies. And they're coming home to roost. It was always a question of time. These guys aren't conservative. These guys are radicals. ↗

— Bradley Whitford

#administration #always #bankrupt #been #between

Marriage has a unique place because it speaks of an absolute faithfulness, a covenant between radically different persons, male and female; and so it echoes the absolute covenant of God with his chosen, a covenant between radically different partners. ↗

— Rowan D. Williams

#because #between #chosen #covenant #different

We must make a radical turn, at 360 degrees. ↗

— Todor Zhivkov

#degrees #make #must #radical #turn

Since Einstein developed his theory of relativity, and Rutherford and Bohr revolutionised physics, our picture of the world has radically changed. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#developed #einstein #his #our #physics

Not long ago, having expressed some disagreements in print with an old comrade of long standing, I was sent a response that he had published in an obscure newspaper. This riposte referred to my opinions as ‘racist.’ I would obviously scorn to deny such an allegation on my own behalf. I would, rather, prefer to repudiate it on behalf of my former friend. He had known me for many years and cooperated with me on numerous projects, and I am quite confident that he would never have as a collaborator anyone he suspected of racial prejudice. But it does remind me, and not for the first time, that quarrels on the left have a tendency to become miniature treason trials, replete with all kinds of denunciation. There's a general tendency—not by any means confined to radicals but in some way specially associated with them—to believe that once the lowest motive for a dissenting position has been found, it must in some way be the real one. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#edward-said #friendship #leftism #political-radicalism #race-card

Radical Chic, after all, is only radical in Style; in its heart it is part of Society and its traditions. ↗

— Tom Wolfe

#chic #heart #only #part #radical

I am a radical. ↗

— Carter G. Woodson

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