Quotes by Political If the country is to survive as a democracy it will depend on voters who understand how our political institutions have evolved and the events that went into their creation. A nation's sense of its history is indistinguishable from its social cohesion. Alan Bullock democracy political country There's nothing so improves the mood of the Party as the imminent execution of a senior colleague. Alan Clark senior political party In the end we are all sacked and it's always awful. It is as inevitable as death following life. If you are elevated there comes a day when you are demoted. Even Prime Ministers. Alan Clark inevitable-death politics political I don't think there's any one definition, but to do effective political work you have to have vision and practicality, and learn how to persuade people that what you feel needs to be done does need to be done. Alan Cranston political people thinking Candor and accountability in a democracy is very important. Hypocrisy has no place. Alan Dershowitz accountability political hypocrisy I've thought hard about my psychological connections and I think I've managed to separate out the psychological from the legal, moral, and political. Alan Dershowitz connections political thinking I have made a career out of arguing that we shouldn't be criminalizing political differences. I've made a career out of arguing that the grand jury is an abusive institution. I have made a career out of arguing that we shouldn't stretch and expand the criminal law. I'm not going to change it because you think these are abnormal times. When Thomas Jefferson told the Justice Department that they had to prosecute Aaron Burr, and that he was going to have the chief justice impeached unless he found Aaron Burr guilty, those were special times too. Alan Dershowitz political justice thinking If you get beyond the political rhetoric [and assembled a group to solve Social Security] it would take them 15 minutes. It would take them 15 minutes only because 10 minutes was used for pleasantries. Alan Greenspan groups political social All taxes are a drag on economic growth. It's only a question of degree. Alan Greenspan degrees growth political Stripped of its academic jargon, the welfare state is nothing more than a mechanism by which governments confiscate the wealth of the productive members of a society to support a wide variety of welfare schemes. Alan Greenspan support political government Protectionism will do little to create jobs and if foreigners retaliate, we will surely lose jobs. Alan Greenspan political jobs philosophy Anything that we can do to raise personal savings is very much in the interest of this country. Alan Greenspan political philosophy country The gospel of licentiousness, of selfishness, of blaming all the difficulties of life on external factors - these are the things that are killing people today in ways that the slave whips and the overseers couldn't. Alan Keyes selfishness political people There's a widespread cultural barrenness across art and political culture. But there are some pockets of resistance on the extreme margins, like the techno-savvy protest movements, small press, the creator-owned comics, that seem to be getting some signs of hope for the future. Alan Moore pockets political art If you're going to have any kind of political opposition in the 21st century, then it has to be as fundamentally liquid as the rapidly changing society we're living in. Alan Moore liquid political kind I do feel more myself in America. I can regress there, and they have roller-coaster parks. Alan Rickman parks political america Justice is the most "political" or institutional of the virtues. The legitimacy of a state rests upon its claim to do justice. Alan Ryan virtue political justice Why should self-indulgent nonsense - whatever its professed political orientation - be lauded as the height of scholarly achievement? Alan Sokal achievement political self Your political views really denote your spiritual views. Alanis Morissette political spiritual views Imprisoning philosophy within the professionalizations and specializations of an institutionalized curriculum, after the manner of our contemporary European and North American culture, is arguably a good deal more effective in neutralizing its effects than either religious censorship or political terror Alasdair MacIntyre political religious philosophy «4567891011121314»