Ideology Quotes - Page 36

• Men are restless, adventurous. Women are conservative - despite what current ideology says.

  Doris Lessing

  Men, Conservative, Adventurous

  "The great contrarian". Interview with Lisa Allardice, www.theguardian.com. January 20, 2007.

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• Conservatism is not the problem. Conservatism is the founding of this country, essentially. Conservatism isn't even really an ideology. Conservatism is just what is right, proper, decent, and moral. That's all it is.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Country, Moral, Problem

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• For the first time in our history, ideology and theology hold a monopoly of power in Washington.

  Bill Moyers

  Firsts, Monopoly, First Time

  "On Bush, the Dems, Jon Stewart, Hunter Thompson, Bill Moyers, and King (not Don)" by John Cusack, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 11, 2005.

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• Economists want their discipline to be a science, and they have nailed down a few precepts, but many of their debates are still clouded by ideology.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Discipline, Want, Debate

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• In politics, religion and other areas of culture, people disagree on the worth of competing ideas. There is no equivalent to the scientific method that can determine in a robust way which ideas match the real world, and which ones can be ruled out. So conflicting ideologies persist indefinitely.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Real, Ideas, People

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• Let me be very clear: We monitor the risks of violent extremism taking root here in the United States. We don't have the luxury of focusing our efforts on one group; we must protect the country from terrorism whether foreign or homegrown, and regardless of the ideology that motivates its violence.

  Janet Napolitano

  Country, Luxury, Roots

  "Napolitano defends report on right-wing extremist groups". www.cnn.com. April 15, 2009.

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• We are on the lookout for criminal and terrorist activity but we do not nor will we ever monitor ideology or political beliefs. We take seriously our responsibility to protect civil rights and liberties of the American people, including subjecting our activities to rigorous oversight from numerous internal and external sources.

  Janet Napolitano

  Responsibility, Rights, People

  "Chorus of Protest Grows Over Report Warning of Right Wing Radicalization". www.foxnews.com. April 15, 2009.

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• For Jesus, there are no countries to be conquered, no ideologies to be imposed, no people to be dominated. There are only children, women and men to be loved.

  Henri Nouwen

  Country, Jesus, Children

  Henri J. M. Nouwen (2005). “Peacework: Prayer, Resistance, Community”, Edicoes Loyola

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• Ideology, politics and journalism, which luxuriate in failure, are impotent in the face of hope and joy.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Joy, Faces, Journalism

  P.J. O'Rourke (2015). “Thrown Under the Omnibus”, p.256, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Over the past 20 years, I have noticed that the most flexible, dynamic, inquisitive minds among my students have been industrial design majors. Industrial designers are bracingly free of ideology and cant. The industrial designer is trained to be a clear-eyed observer of the commercial world - which, like it or not, is modern reality.

  Camille Paglia

  Past, Reality, Years

  "How Capitalism Can Save Art" by Camille Paglia, www.wsj.com. October 05, 2012.

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• Read the editorial page of your local paper. It introduces you to opinion and can be terrifically provocative and perhaps a great motivating force for you to get involved in your community, regardless of your political ideology.

  Sarah Jessica Parker

  Community, Political, Paper

  "Why Don't You? Sarah Jessica Parker" by Laura Brown, www.harpersbazaar.com. February 4, 2009.

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• As long as your ideology identifies the main source of the world's ills as a definable group, it opens the world up to genocide.

  Steven Pinker

  Long, Groups, World

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• Most wars are not fought over shortages of resources such as food and water, but rather over conquest, revenge, and ideology.

  Steven Pinker

  Revenge, War, Water

  "Steven Pinker: 'Artists used to gush about the beauty of war. The First World War put an end to that'". Interview with Clint Witchalls, www.independent.co.uk. 10 November, 2011.

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• Up the Rebels, To Hell with the Pope,
  And God Save--as you prefer--the King or Ireland.
  The land of scholars and saints:
  Scholars and saints my eye, the land of ambush,
  Purblind manifestoes, never-ending complaints

  Louis MacNeice

  Kings, Eye, Land

  Louis MacNeice (2015). “Collected Poems”, p.176, Faber & Faber

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• [Fighting Climate Change] is important for every single person on the planet, which is why it has to be the greatest grassroots movement of all time. This is the battle of our lives. We're fighting for our children.

  Emma Thompson

  Family, Leadership, Wisdom

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• Under the Obama regime, the president and his allies are intentional in pursuing these conflicts from the perspective that you must sacrifice your most sacred beliefs to government the instant you start a business. You have the protection of the First Amendment as an individual, you see – but the instant you start a business, you lose those protections.

  Bobby Jindal

  Work, Health, Sacrifice

  "The Silent War on Religious Liberty". Bobby Jindal's Remarks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library, officeofgovernorbobbyjindal.createsend1.com. February 13, 2014.

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• I think that local school districts - not the federal government - should make the decision about how they teach science, biology, economics. I want my kids to be taught about evolution; I want my kids to be taught about other theories.

  Bobby Jindal

  Family, Education, School

  "Bobby Jindal: Republican who brought creationism into schools to join election" by Tom Dart, www.theguardian.com. June 24, 2015.

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• My mother saved our home with a minimum wage job. But in the 1960s, a minimum wage job would support a family of three above the poverty line. Not today. Not even close. I understood right then that people can work hard, they can play by the rules, and they can still take a hard smack.

  Elizabeth Warren

  Family, Mother, Money

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• [Pope Francis] is a humble man. He lives the faith out in his own personal life. ... He's here to be a shepherd; he isn't here to be a scold. I think that's a good thing for the church and for the world, frankly.

  Rick Santorum

  Leadership, Wisdom, Humble

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• Three of the last four [elections], '06, '08, and '12, were disastrous for Republicans. And they were years in which we just we stayed quiet, we went along the get-along, we didn't stand on principle. The only year that was a good year for Republicans was 2010, when we painted in bold colors, not in pale pastels. We stood for principle. I think winning this fight right now is the most important thing we can do to see significant victories in 2014.

  Ted Cruz

  Leadership, Party, Fighting

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• Net Neutrality' is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government.

  Ted Cruz

  Technology, Government, Obamacare

  Twitter post from Nov 10, 2014

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• Congress needs to send a strong signal that direct communication with the leader of the free world is a privilege, particularly for a regime that has been as hostile as Iran has been towards America for more than three decades. President Rouhani needs to take these two simple steps to demonstrate good faith before any further discussions.

  Ted Cruz

  Leadership, Strong, Spring

  "Cruz praises Obama on Iran" by Burgess Everett, www.politico.com. September 28, 2013.

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• The Court is making the preposterous assumption that the People of the United States somehow silently redefined marriage in 1868 when they ratified the 14th Amendment.

  Ted Cruz

  Father, People, History

  "Cruz: 'Tragic,' 'Indefensible' That Supreme Court Chose to Not Hear Marriage Cases" by Sen. Ted Cruz, www.dailysignal.com. October 6, 2014.

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• You can be walking down the street for a chat, but until you've got the selfie out of the way, people aren't ready to talk.

  David Cameron

  Technology, Reality, People

  "David Cameron: selfie craze makes campaigning 'take a lot longer'" by Joe Murphy, www.standard.co.uk. May 13, 2014.

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• I'm so sick and tired of all this violence, this gun violence. And how could I speak on it - you know - being one who has advocated violence and gun violence? The only way I could do it was through a song that spoke from the heart.

  Snoop Dogg

  Leadership, Wisdom, Song

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