Radical Quotes - Page 2

• Radical changes in world politics leave America with a heightened responsibility to be, for the world, an example of a genuinely free, democratic, just and humane society.

  Pope John Paul II

  Responsibility, America, Example

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Imagine a political system so radical as to promise to move more of the poorest 20% of the population into the richest 20% than remain in the poorest bracket within the decade? You don't need to imagine it. It's called the United States of America.

  Thomas Sowell

  Moving, America, Political

  "The 25 Best Quotes From Thomas Sowell". townhall.com. April 20, 2012.

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• Pollock looks unusual and radical even now.

  Donald Judd

  Looks, Unusual, Pollock

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• If a man is right, he can't be too radical; if he is wrong, he can't be too conservative.

  Josh Billings

  Men, Conservative, Ifs

  Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”

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• There was no censorship of the press: in general, the War Measures Act could have been made even more radical.

  Robert Bourassa

  War, Censorship, Made

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• The great Christian revolutions came not by the discovery of something that was not known before. They happen when someone takes radically something that was always there.

  H. Richard Niebuhr

  Christian, Discovery, Perception

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• Only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.

  Hannah Arendt

  Hypocrite, Hypocrisy, Rotten

  'On Revolution' (1963) ch. 2

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• There is no single effort more radical in its potential for saving the world than a transformation of the way we raise our children.

  Marianne Williamson

  Children, Parenting, Effort

  Marianne Williamson (2013). “A Woman's Worth”, p.110, Ballantine Books

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• When distant and unfamiliar and complex things are communicated to great masses of people, the truth suffers a considerable and often a radical distortion. The complex is made over into the simple, the hypothetical into the dogmatic, and the relative into an absolute.

  Walter Lippmann

  Truth, Honesty, Simple

  Walter Lippmann (1955). “Essays in the Public Philosophy”, p.25, Transaction Publishers

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• I used to dream militant dreams of taking over america to show these whitefolks how it should be done i used to dream radical dreams of blowing everyone away with my perceptive powers of correct analysis i even used to think that i'd be the one to stop the riot and negotiate the peace then i awoke & dug that if i dreamed natural dreams of being a natural woman doing what a woman does when she's natural i would have a revolution.

  Nikki Giovanni

  Dream, Thinking, America

  Nikki Giovanni (1970). “Re:creation”, Broadside Pr

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• The dangerous assumption we unknowingly accept in the American dream is that our greatest asset is our own ability.

  David Platt

  Dream, Assumption, Accepting

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• Radicals must be resilient, adaptable to shifting political circumstances, and sensitive enough to the process of action and reaction to avoid being trapped by their own tactics and forced to travel a road not of their choosing.

  Saul Alinsky

  Political, Tactics, Shifting

  Saul Alinsky (2010). “Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals”, p.6, Vintage

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• One of the most radical things that you can do is really listen to someone.

  Katrina vanden Heuvel

  Healing, Can Do

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• Being an old radical, I like films like Spartacus. I could relate to the hero.

  Alex North

  Hero, Film, Spartacus

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• The truth is our country, our people, our liberties, and our way of life are under attack by radical Islamic terrorists who kill and destroy in the name of religion.

  Saxby Chambliss

  Country, Islamic, Names

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• Practice radical humility when it comes to your own accomplishments, and give credit everywhere except to your ego.

  Wayne Dyer

  Spiritual, Humility, Practice

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• The real radical is that person who has a vision of equality and is willing to do those things that will bring reality closer to that vision. . .

  Bayard Rustin

  Real, Vision, Willing

  Bayard Rustin (1971). “Down the line”, Quadrangle-New York Times Book Co.

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• We have a dangerous tendency to misunderstand, minimize, and even manipulate the gospel in order to accommodate our assumptions and our desires.

  David Platt

  Order, Desire, Assumption

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• Radical surgery is never fun.

  Brent Spiner

  Fun, Surgery

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• I think President Obama is the most radical president this nation's ever seen. And in particular, I think he is a true believer in government control of the economy and of our everyday lives. In my judgment, we are facing what I consider to be the epic battle of our generation, quite literally the battle over whether we remain a free market nation.

  Ted Cruz

  Epic, Thinking, Government

  "Ted Cruz: Cuban Ivy League Tea Partier for Senate" by Caroline May, dailycaller.com. June 06, 2011.

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• The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous.

  Brent Scowcroft

  Islam, Elements, Dangerous

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• Feminism is the radical notion that women are human beings

  Cheris Kramarae

  Women, Bad Ass, Radical Feminism

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• The paradox of liberal tolerance is that it extends to Marxists, transsexuals, and Islamic radicals, but not to conservatives or Christians.

  Dinesh D'Souza

  Christian, Islamic, Tolerance

  FaceBook post by Dinesh D'Souza from Jan 06, 2015

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• However difficult it may be to accept what happens to us, one must understand that moments such as this give us the possibility for radical change in our behavior.

  Paulo Coelho

  Giving, May, Radical Change

  Paulo Coelho (2015). “Warrior of the Light -”, p.37, Booklassic

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• In a basic way, acceptance is seeing clearly what's happening and holding it with kindness. This is a radical antidote to the suffering of judging mind.

  Tara Brach

  Kindness, Acceptance, Judging

  Source: www.tarabrach.com

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