Quotes of: Political-activity Keyword

Left vs. Right is an out-dated concept and an oversimplification of 21st Century politics

The Orphan Conspiracies: 29 Conspiracy Theories from The Orphan Trilogy

Dynasties rise and fall according to what the Chinese used to call ‘the mandate of heaven’, but life for the peasant changes little.

Politics: A Very Short Introduction

Prose consists less and less of words chosen for the sake of their meaning, and more and more of phrases tacked together like the sections of a prefabricated hen-house.

Politics and the English Language

Without causality in the world, there is no point in educating people, or making any moral or political appeal.

The Perception of Time... and its Measurement

Politics is a matter of leading other people. Admittedly not where they want to go, but where they ought to go.

The Philosopher's Kiss: A Novel

I wasn't built to look the other way because the law demanded it. The law might be wrong.

Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics

Perceptions of the world and of other actors diverge from reality in patterns that we can detect and for reasons that we can understand.

Perception and Misperception in International Politics

My rights are not derived from any government. My rights are not denied by any majority. My rights are because I exist.

Promises to Keep: On Life and Politics

But just as everything was going along politely, quietly and wonderfully — in poured Citizen Danton and his crew.

A Place of Greater Safety

Our meeting will keep, but my meatloaf and bowl of masturbation in the fridge won’t. Everybody at the political campaign loves when I bring food.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

Our sex smelled like love—and monetary transaction. Whatever we had, it was politics at its most honest.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

I watch my feet as I walk along. Left, right, left, right, why is everything about politics?

This Book is Not FOR SALE

I stayed up all night making love—to myself. That reminds me, I need to buy some more Jell-O and political biographies.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

How to grow up slowly and secretly, not all at once like lunch in a condom, that is the essence of politics. But I don’t vote for dicks.

This Book is Not FOR SALE

Be the cheeseburger you’ve always dreamed you could be. That’s the advice I’d give to any hamburger running for political office.

This Book Has No Title

POLITICS, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary

He had made his way up the ranks of the department the hard way, with effort and integrity as opposed to politics.

Unreasonable Force

To sum up: politically speaking, it is insufficient to say that power and violence are not the same. Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent.

On Violence

If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Donkeys and elephants represent us politically. Why? Because snakes and roaches would be too obvious.

Whenever You're Gone, I'm Here For You

I’m here for the gangbang, and I brought the cream cheese. Has the political convention already started?

Whenever You're Gone, I'm Here For You