Politics And Culture Quotes

“For the most part policy-makers are too nervous about offending people, yet when BRITAIN really was GREAT that was the last thought on our minds.”
― Karl Wiggins, 100 Common Sense Policies to make BRITAIN GREAT again

“Beyond shame there is politics.”
― Gerard de Marigny, Joshua's Country

“In order to think through things clearly, we need other opinions and viewpoints in order to navigate into the nuance. We need civil debate to present opposing viewpoints and point out our blind spots. We need the ability to speak freely and civilly to one another.”
― Eric Overby, Legacy

“For him (JFK) as he imagined of the British aristocracy, policies were less important than character traits such as dignity, courage, and honor. They did not pose as angry young men, but brought an almost lighthearted approach to politics. The very idea of politics invigorating society rather than dominating society very much appealed to Kennedy.”
― Scott Farris, Kennedy and Reagan: Why Their Legacies Endure

“When we do not fully and equally represent the masculine and the feminine in church and civic leadership, we cannot represent the human experience or Jesus.”
― Tina Schermer Sellers, Sex, God, and the Conservative Church

“In this nation people assume they can write your story from beginning to end, and wait for you to fall into place on the stage that has been set, it is why every conversation scans like a hostage negotiation, with your humanity being the item that's up for deliberation.”
― Rafeif Ismail, Meet Me at the Intersection

“Singling out a perceived threat to our end goal of peace does not serve that end”
― Michael Poeltl, Armageddon

“The purpose in life is not just to work a
good-paying job but actually have
meaning and purpose to what you're doing
with your life
and deep inside the heart of every
American is the love honor courage and ideals that form the foundation of this country.
Love is not just a feeling
its a powerful force that drives us to act
there is no force more powerful than love
we must stand up and we must fight for
the soul of our culture We Have No Time to Waste.”
― Tulsi Gabbard

“People who don't accept or realize that they have a problem are very dangerous individuals. ”
― Germany Kent

“Dear Thisbe,
I wish there weren't a wall.
Love,
Pyramus”
― Casey McQuiston, Red, White & Royal Blue

“The fools of today's politics keep dividing the lands into more and more pieces, thinking that it would bring their people security, whereas the reality is, such an act only brings insecurity, as it leads to nothing but an increasing amount of conflicts. Division can’t bring peace and security, only assimilation can.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Fabric of Humanity

“Open minds, open hearts...”
― Nanette L. Avery

“Standing unseen in their midst was this damaged product of American democracy, singularly embodying everything that has gone wrong with what the protestors were advocating.”
― Tom Carter, An American Bum in China

“We live in an age of globalisation, but also one of identity politics. It is as if our world is expanding and contacting at the same time.”
― Vali Nasr, The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future

“We live in an age of globalisation, but also one of identity politics. It is as if our world is expanding and contracting at the same time.”
― Vali Nasr, The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future

“Screw politics, serve the people.”
― Abhijit Naskar, When Veins Ignite: Either Integration or Degradation

“From the perspective of academic models, the PTI has cynically operated the wind turbines of accountability to put opposition heads under the water.”
― Qamar Rafiq

“You're too seasoned to be cynical”
― Barry R. Ziman, Girls, Crimes, and the Ruling Body

“Beyond Politics (The Sonnet)

Changing leadership, changing party,
These ain’t change, but same old tribalism.
Changing the shape and name of tribalism,
Is not end of tribalism, but recurring tribalism.
If you really want to bring actual change,
Aim for a non-tribal society, one of nonsectarianism.
Replacing one sect with another may feel like change,
But it's just another form of unchanging divisionism.
Real change is when civic duty turns common sanity,
When there's no community service, only life and living.
The supreme policy is that of individual accountability,
True order comes through collectivity, not policing.
Stop relying on politicians for every little trouble.
And the world will be a place without political turmoil.”
― Abhijit Naskar, The Gentalist: There's No Social Work, Only Family Work

“Politics is The New Opium (The Sonnet)

I started writing on politics to impress a girl,
Then she left for a native white, balkan alternative.
But I was too deep in the pickle to leave politics,
Eventually the struggling nobody arose a global native.
Originally I was inclined towards writing on religion,
But soon I realized justice is the religion of tomorrow.
And the world's notion of religion is beyond repair,
Terms of religion lost their charm to me more and more.
Religion was the opium for the masses of yesterday,
Politics is opium for the masses of today.
But politics of pop culture is not what I work on,
My politics is not left or right, but mostly grey.
As a brain scientist, my work is to dissect human nature.
If it makes way for a better society, that's a great honor.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Ingan Impossible: Handbook of Hatebusting

“We are the pigs who put the pigs in power. If we wanna change that, we gotta build our character.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence

“Representation is code for civic hibernation.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Esperanza Impossible: 100 Sonnets of Ethics, Engineering & Existence

“I do not want beings to suffer, I want all to live happy healthy lives while ending up with peaceful deaths.”
― Jordan G Kobos

“The other thing I think we learned on Tuesday (election day) is that this is an electorate that is not particularly generous in doling out the credit for things. I think this goes beyond politics, bur clearly in the case of politics where the voters are now conditioned to look for the worst in everyone and really to disbelieve that there's very much good in anyone. It's hard to be a politician under those circumstances, but, again, I think this mood of looking for the worst in everyone extends beyond the political world.
(from the book The NPR Interviews 1995, edited by Robert Siegel)”
― Geoff Garin

“Not all negative emotions are negative in the same way. Negative emotions about the self are much worse than negative emotions about externals. Which is why a victory rings hollow when it is not founded in virtue, and it is better to be on the losing side.”
― Neel Burton, Heaven and Hell: The Psychology of the Emotions