I used to do some philanthropic work, but with the political platform, I can contribute in a bigger way.
Political parties don't work when people just announce what they are doing and expect everyone else to follow.
Genteel women suppose that those things do not really exist about which it is impossible to talk in polite company.
Holy scripture does not hold women back. It's the people that decide to interpret it in such a way for their own, sometimes political, agendas.
People didn't have the political guts to stand up against an American war.
We all know that in war the political and military factors have to complement each other.
You don't pay back your parents. You can't. The debt you owe them gets collected by your children, who hand it down in turn. It's a sort of entailment. Or if you don't have children of the body, it's left as a debt to your common humanity. Or to your...
Calling resists privatization by insisting on the totality of faith. Calling resists politicization by demanding a tension with every human allegiance and association. Calling resists polarization by requiring an attitude toward, and action in, socie...
We need to reclaim the word 'feminism'. We need the word 'feminism' back real bad. When statistics come in saying that only 29% of American women would describe themselves as feminist - and only 42% of British women - I used to think, What do you thi...
Violators cannot live with the truth: survivors cannot live without it. There are those who still, once again, are poised to invalidate and deny us. If we don't assert our truth, it may again be relegated to fantasy. But the truth won't go away. It w...
[Father Flynn enters Sister Aloysius' room, looking very nervous] Father Brendan Flynn: [nervously] May I come in? Sister Aloysius Beauvier: [not looking at him] A third party would be required. Father Brendan Flynn: Look, what was Donald's mother do...
Everyone is political in his or her own way.
Maturity comes with experience, not age.
My Only Boss is Money
Since an early age I was taught to be very politically aware and knew from childhood that the process was something I wanted to contribute towards if I could.
I think that the memory of Armenia's genocide opened my eyes at an early age to the existence of political cynicism.
Unless and until Barack Obama addresses the full depth of Americans' anger with his full arsenal of policy smarts and political gifts, his presidency and, worse, our economy will be paralyzed.
I don't understand how any good art could fail to be political.
A standard line, promoted by people like Clement Greenberg, is that politics contaminates art, and Manet is often cited as an example of art for art's sake.
Like music and art, love of nature is a common language that can transcend political or social boundaries.
Take the time to discover how African-Americans have had a great impact on this country. In science, education, literature, art, and politics.
