Quotes of: Populist Keyword

Anything popular is populist, and populist is rarely a good adjective.

Brian Eno

If you can't be a populist in Arkansas, you ain't going to be a populist in Washington.

Jim Hightower

I come from a working class community in eastern Scotland, and I've always been a populist, though not a patronising populist.

Brian Cox

The crisis of the 1930s and the populist reactions of that time must not be forgotten.

King Albert II

Washington's Alfalfa Club dinner is a populist's nightmare.

Tina Brown

I'm anti-big power. I don't know if that's populist or not.

Brian Lamb

Simply because something is a populist movement doesn't make it either good or bad.

P. J. O'Rourke

Pundits talk about 'populist rage' as a way to trivialize the anger and fear coursing through the middle class.

Elizabeth Warren

My personal political convictions are rooted in the populist political traditions of western Canada.

Preston Manning

I've never really considered myself just a street artist. I consider myself a populist.

Shepard Fairey

In these troubled times we live in, we should remain vigilant and see through populist arguments.

King Albert II

Well, I think the Republican Party is the more populist party.

Ed Gillespie

Beating up on the so-called elite media has a nice populist ring to it.

Bill Keller

The Populist Caucus believes that all Americans should have access to affordable, quality healthcare.

Bruce Braley

America is always a good target for a populist. In many countries, particularly authoritarian systems, if you want to get an extra bonus, you bash the Americans.

Mohamed ElBaradei

I think it's always hard for people to get their head around the fact that populist, commercial films can also actually be great works of art.

Helen Mirren

You see in times of crisis that extremist forces, populist forces, have a better ground to oversimplify things and to manipulate feelings. Feelings of fear.

Jose Manuel Barroso

I don't know if I'm a populist artist, but I do try to maintain a spirit of generosity.

Fred Tomaselli

I think there's a far more general audience now because I've done more populist stuff on telly.

Jo Brand

I like to think that I'm a populist entertainer, but I'm a little bit idiosyncratic, and sometimes the networks wouldn't really roll with that.

Joss Whedon

Extremists and populist movements are exploiting people's fear of those who are not like us. We can see the consequences in the form of terrorism and racially motivated violence.

Kjell Magne Bondevik