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141 " Samuel Taylor Coleridge was right when he claimed, 'In politics, what begins in fear usually ends up in folly.' Political activists are more inclined, though, to heed an observation from Richard Nixon: 'People react to fear, not love. They don't teach that in Sunday school, but it's true.' That principle, which guided the late president's political strategy throughout his career, is the sine qua non of contemporary political campaigning. Marketers of products and services ranging from car alarms to TV news programs have taken it to heart as well.The short answer to why Americans harbor so many misbegotten fears is that immense power and money await those who tap into our moral insecurities and supply us with symbolic substitutes. "
142 " My basic political principle: If something, whether right- or left-wing, is driven by love and solidarity, it is right; if it is driven by hate and fear it is wrong. Simple as that. "
― Neel Burton
143 " I searched modern fiction and poetry for clues to how we confronted and evaded reality, how we articulated our experience and turned to language not to revel ourselves but to hide. I was as sure then as I am now that by looking at contemporary Iranian fiction I could gain access to a real understanding of political and social events. (p289) "
― Azar Nafisi , Things I've Been Silent About
144 " Many outsiders clarified that they believe Christians have a right (even an obligation) to pursue political involvement, but they disagree with our methods and our attitudes. They say we seem to be pursuing an agenda that benefits only ourselves; that we expect too much out of politics; they question whether we are motivated by our economic status rather than faith perspectives when we support conservative politics; they claim we act and say things in an unchristian manner; they wonder whether Jesus would use political power as we do; and they are concerned that we overpowered the voices of other groups. "
― David Kinnaman , Unchristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity...and Why It Matters
145 " While JFK had made the sale on a political level, he had not yet completed it on an emotional one. "
― , 1960--LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies
146 " Cyber trolls' deceptive manipulative, political power play, duplicity and devious hypocrisy cannot equate to true friendship.~ Angelica Hopes, K.H. Trilogy "
― Angelica Hopes
147 " Rise of Science DenialismThe problem is, in a world where some people (even in the USA, where someone like Donald Trump was allowed to rise to the level of a serious presidential candidate in 2016) have descended to such levels of ignorance that science itself is dismissed by leaders, political and religious as ‘an agenda’, and frightening numbers of people cling to ignorance and superstition because it suits their conservative anti-human rights views and objectives. "
― Christina Engela , The Pink Community - The Facts
148 " Politics is a serious business dealing with serious issues and it should be taken very seriously, and seriously intelligent people should pronounce on political matters. "
149 " There is no moral difference between a Stealth bomber and a suicide bomber. They both kill innocent people for political reasons. "
― Tony Benn
150 " Not that she's a political animal, she's just an ordinary woman, but as a woman she's of the view that you don't bring children into the world to have them shot. "
― Hans Fallada , Every Man Dies Alone
151 " We are living in an era in which billions of people are grappling to promote communication, tolerance, and understanding over the more destructive forces of war, terrorism, and political chaos that have characterized the beginning of the 21st Century. "
― Aberjhani , Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry
152 " A cop's JOB is to violently enforce upon the rest of us whatever arbitrary bullshit the political parasites declare to be " law." It is, therefore, impossible to be a " law enforcer" and behave morally, for the same reason one can't be a moral car-jacker. "
