Quotes of: Politeness Keyword

Political correctness is one of the engines of nannyism. Allowing and even encouraging 'offensive' ideas is vital for the intellectually health of a free society.

David Harsanyi

The hope of a new politics does not lie in formulating a left-wing reply to the right-it lies in rejecting conventional political categories.

Christopher Lasch

I graduated from the University of Delaware with a double major in history and political science.

Joe Biden

As a businessperson, I don't have the power to change the government. That is in the hands of the political leaders. However, as a taxpayer, we have the right to be critical of the government and demand change.

Tadashi Yanai

Well, I think the great tragedy in American politics is what is legal, not what is illegal.

Jack Abramoff

For long, history was mainly political history, and historical narrative was confined to an account of the most important crises in political life, or to an account of wars and great generals.

Michael Rostovtzeff

The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.

Herbert Croly

I'm not into politics. I have received offers to enter politics, but I have not been tempted so far. I can't say about the future.

Mithun Chakraborty

Any political party that undertakes to do it will, in God's name, be trampled, as it ought to be trampled, into the dust of condemnation, now and in the future.

Richard Parks Bland

I don't think I can remember a moment in my life where people didn't discuss politics. People discuss politics at the table.

Connie Nielsen

I'm not taking any interest in politics. I'm not involved in politics in any way. My life is in writing now.

Jeffrey Archer

People getting their fundamental interests wrong is what American political life is all about.

Thomas Frank

The term "political correctness" has always appalled me, reminding me of Orwell's "Thought Police" and fascist regimes.

Helmut Newton

I got a feeling about political correctness. I hate it. It causes us to lie silently instead of saying what we think.

Hal Holbrook

Politics is about the improvement of people's lives. It's about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and the world. Politics is about doing well for the people.

Paul Wellstone

A political leader must keep looking over his shoulder all the time to see if the boys are still there. If they aren't still there, he's no longer a political leader.

Bernard Baruch

The question of whether one has one's own political power or goes to work for someone else is not only a feminist question.

Gloria Steinem

I studied political science and international relations, so I never considered myself an artist.

Philippe Falardeau

Cleopatra was on a political mission to save her country and her power, but what we remember about her are these two famed seductions, which are a matter of politics, not a matter of love.

Stacy Schiff

I didn't have a lot of overtly political songs. I think it was more the actions of the group that were threatening to the authorities, and also our political philosophies apart from the music.

Greg Ginn

Wherever men and women are persecuted because of their race, religion, or political views, that place must - at that moment - become the center of the universe.

Elie Wiesel