The mob is man voluntarily descending to the nature of the beast. . . It persecutes a principle; it would whip a right; it would tar and feather justice. --...
The average young American now spends practically every waking minute — except for the time in school — using a smart phone, computer, television or other...
Beware of the man of one book. -- Benjamin Disraeli Ideology offers human beings the illusion of dignity and morals while making it easier to part with them. ...
The problem with the tea party movement, besides their almost universal rejection of dentistry, is that they want money for nothing and chicks for free. --...
The earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed. -- Mahatma Gandhi The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest...
What do you despise? By this are you truly known. -- Frank Herbert Think of the ills from which you are exempt. -- Joseph Joubert Circus dogs jump when the...
Never again, will any company, anyone, be allowed to drill in a location where they are incapable of dealing with the potential consequences of that drilling. ...
The defense of science and reason is the great imperative of our time. -- Christopher Hitchens All Bibles are man-made. -- Thomas Edison Make your own Bible....
We have become a nation that is good at destroying things . . . but that has lost sight of how to build and maintain a flourishing society. We're dismantling...
For out on the edge of darkness There runs the peace train Peace train take this country Come take me home again -- Cat Stevens Yes, there are two paths you...
The phone would ring in the middle of the night and you knew it was either Mr. Steinbrenner or a death in the family. After a while you started to root for a...
Prejudices are what fools use for reason.-- Francois Voltaire You safely assume that you've created God in your image , when it turns out that God hates all...
His opponents remain filled with a passionate intensity, while his supporters, having received no respect, lack all conviction.-- Paul Krugman, on President...
As a citizen, and as President, I believe that Muslims have the same right to practice their religion as anyone else in this country. -- President Obama, on...
Conservatives hate Social Security for ideological reasons: its success undermines their claim that government is always the problem, never the solution.--...
Who is in charge of our operations in Iraq, now? George Orwell? -- Rep. Dennis Kucinich, on the White House's claim that it has ended combat operations while...
he welfare of each of us is dependent fundamentally upon the welfare of all of us.-- Theodore Roosevelt We're playing blame the teacher.-- A.J. Duffy, on the...
Cruelty hardens and degrades, kindness reforms and ennobles.-- Robert Ingersoll The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class ...
Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.-- Jean-Paul Sartre Anxiety is the essential condition of intellectual and artistic creation and everything...
The Tea Party is fundamentally about venting anger at change it is doesn't like, not about fixing what's broken.-- Jacob Weisberg Conservatives have...
The corporations of America effectively oversee the Congress, and the regulatory agencies, and indeed the presidency itself.-- E.L. Doctorow I see in the...
Passion, not positioning, drives politics.-- Katrina vanden Heuvel Every major contender for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination who isn't currently...
Modern American conservatism is, in large part, a movement shaped by billionaires and their bank accounts.-- Paul Krugman I have always had trouble believing...
Corporations and other interests will spend more than $250 million of undisclosed funds to affect the outcome of the Nov. 2 national elections.-- Al Hunt In...
He was a great man and you are a nincompoop.-- Peggy Noonan, Reagan's speechwriter on Palin's claim that she's modeled herself in Ronald Reagan's image Your...
From 1980 to 2005, more than four-fifths of the total increase in American incomes went to the richest 1 percent.-- Nicholas Kristof A civil discourse only...
The point of progressivism is that the people must progress up from their backwardness. -- George Will, conservative columnist's take on progressivism If...
This will be my last weekend for liberal quotes. If anyone is interested in taking on this project, send me your web address by December 3rd and I'll post it....
As long as there are welfare programs for corporations there should be welfare programs for individuals. -- Jon Carroll Conservatives and liberals take a...
Remember me, the liberal quote guy? I've been working on a second edition of What Liberals Believe: The Best Progressive Quotes Ever. It will be published in...
