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Despite a voluminous and often fervent literature on "income distribution," the cold fact is that most income is not distributed: It is earned.
Truthfulness has never been counted among the political virtues, and lies have always been regarded as justifiable tools in political dealings.
Holy scripture does not hold women back. It's the people that decide to interpret it in such a way for their own, sometimes political, agendas.
You may scoff at the Tooth Fairy if you like. But the Tooth Fairy's approach has gotten more politicians elected than any economist's analysis.
I feel much more strongly about the abdication of responsibility by the media than by political advocates. They're representing a constituency.
All of my work in some way or another speaks to political issues according to the upbringing that I had, which was deeply rooted in principles.
Writing about a war will always be political writing, no matter what amount of hermetical hide-and-seek or aesthetical operations are involved.
I think that behind the scenes the Pope [Francis] is seen as more of a religious figure, but obviously he is sort of a global political figure.
I would always consider myself to be political with a small "p," although it makes me mad when people say politics should be kept out of music.
Ground Zero mosque supporters, doesn't it stab you in the heart, as it does ours, throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, please refudiate.
Those who call for censorship in the name of the oppressed ought to recognize it is never the oppressed who determine the bounds of censorship.
Political scientists have often described Gaullism as a sort of Bonapartism. I myself have occasionally compared Sarkozy to Napoleon Bonaparte.
Over the years, our political system has degenerated to the extent that it's difficult for anyone to make any headway, yet keep his hands clean.
The coal industry is an even larger part of the Australian economy than it is of the American, and it has an enormous amount of political power.
There is now a fairly crowded field out there of people who are incredibly wealthy that are giving money to advance their own political agendas.
Our strategy is one of preventing war by making it self-evident to our enemies that they're going to get their clocks cleaned if they start one.
A lot of people think of political activism as some grim duty, and I think we do have an obligation to be citizens - to be informed and engaged.
One way ... in which a political philosophy can be ideological is by presenting a relatively marginal issue as if it were central and essential.
Every great political campaign rewrites the rules; devising a new way to win is what gives campaigns a comparative advantage against their foes.
Liberal dominance of important areas of America's social and political life has undermined many of the virtues that have sustained this country.
Certainly we disagree with the Communist Party, as we disagree with other political parties who are trying to maintain the American way of life.
I always had a respect and an admiration for people who got into politics. I certainly have always been interested in law and political science.
One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government.
I'm realizing this more and more that it's one thing to get involved with your own political beliefs and stand behind you believe in personally.
John Major is what he is: a man from nowhere, going nowhere, heading for a well-merited obscurity as fast as his mediocre talents can carry him.
Everything done by the state is ultimately done by means of aggression, which is to say violence or the threat of violence against the innocent.
Not all civil servants admire strong political leadership. But if you want to change things for the better you need strong political leadership.
Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.
A constitutional amendment for congressional term limits could never achieve the blessing of Congress; it could be initiated only by the states.
I didn't think of what I was doing as political. To me it was a way to make the best out of what I liked to do privately, which was to dress up.
Political discourse has been reduced to "Where's the beef?" "Read my lips," and "Make my day." Where are the assassins when we really need them?
Certain political figures think when you call them and ask them for a comment; that you are somehow doing something that you shouldn't be doing.
A life-long mission has been to counter the notion that political engagement is the spinach we must eat in order to have the dessert of freedom.
I've never heard of a situation where, because somebody had a particular political belief, they didn't get a part. I think it's a bit of a myth.
Increasingly fed by a moral and political hysteria, warlike values produce and endorse shared fears as the primary register of social relations.
We must always strive for greater heights at the town council level to continue building the public's confidence in alternate political leaders.
There are few things more amusing in the world of politics than watching moderate Republicans charging to the right in pursuit of greater glory.
To fully absorb the lessons of the Internet, urge the Internet-centrists, we need to reshape our political and social institutions in its image.
Terrorism is the intentional use of, or threat to use violence against civilians or against civilian targets, in order to attain political aims.
The very purpose of a bill of rights is to withdraw certain subjects from...political controversy, to place them beyond the reach of majorities.
Dialogue is the basis of Indian culture, and we don't want to make any enemies. Political and ideological adversaries, perhaps, but not enemies.
People of superior refinement and of active disposition identify happiness with honour; for this is roughly speaking, the end of political life.
Whenever a political regime or religious establishment refuses to tolerate criticism, it advertises itself as repressive, backward, and insecure.
Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays instead of serving you if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Leo Strauss's discoveries in the history of political philosophy had the effect of liberating his students from the yoke of contemporary thought.
I'm an entertainer. I get up on stage and I try to make people enjoy my music, and that political arena - I'm going to stay out of it, right out.
At 'SNL,' I wrote political stuff, but I never felt the show should have an axe to grind. But when I left in '95, I could let my own beliefs out.
Any political agenda and organization which doesn't begin with personal responsibility is just half the argument. It's just not going to succeed.
We say to seniors, we understand how important prescription drug coverage, so prescription drugs will be an ingrinable part of the Medicare plan.
I never view aesthetic ideas as having an existence purely of their own but as a function they have in connection with political or moral values.