Politics Quotes

Power, governance, and the messy business of organizing human societies.

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"America I've given you all and now I'm nothing"
Allen Ginsberg
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"America how can I write a holy litany in your silly hour"
Allen Ginsberg
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"Now I am sad because I see the failure of the revolution"
Allen Ginsberg
"During the Vietnam War, every respectable artist in this country was against the war."
Kurt Vonnegut
"Patriotism is held by peaceful people; nationalism by warriors."
Kurt Vonnegut
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"Bureaucracy is the art of making the possible impossible."
Joseph Heller
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"Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel."
Joseph Heller
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"America is not so much a nightmare as a non-dream."
William S. Burroughs
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"Society is one big conspiracy."
William S. Burroughs
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"America is a hurricane, and the only people who do not hear the sound are those deafen by wealth."
Norman Mailer
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"The politician who speaks truth is the one who will never be elected."
Norman Mailer
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"America I've given you all and now I'm nothing"
Allen Ginsberg
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"The secret is that all power is a secret"
Allen Ginsberg
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"The problem with the system is not the system itself, but the people running it."
William S. Burroughs
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"A lie told a thousand times becomes a truth."
William S. Burroughs
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"Politics is the struggle for a better world."
William Carlos Williams
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"The politics of compassion is the only politics that matter."
Jack Kerouac
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"A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat"
e.e. cummings
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"Politics is the art of making enemies into allies."
Hart Crane
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"Politics shapes the world we inhabit."
Hart Crane
"True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country."
Kurt Vonnegut
"The big, dumb comment wins out."
Kurt Vonnegut
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"America I've given you all and now I'm nothing"
Allen Ginsberg
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"The sexual revolution was a triumph and the counter-revolution is happening now"
Allen Ginsberg
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"Politics is the art of living together despite differences"
Allen Ginsberg
"We are not competent to palliate the nationalist spirit."
Marianne Moore
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"Politics is the art of managing human disagreement."
Hart Crane
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"Politics reveals who we truly are when power is offered."
Hart Crane
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"Politics is the art of compromise."
Hilda Doolittle
"True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country."
Kurt Vonnegut