“ A great democracy has got to be progressive or it will soon cease to be great or a democracy. Theodore Roosevelt
“ Encouraged by her parents’ applause, the girl went on: Do you think we take off our tops to give you pleasure? We do it for ourselves, because we like it, because it feels better, because it brings ou… Milan Kundera
“ Obama's rhetorical overtures to democracy, it turned out, were just a decoy to conceal his unwavering determination to govern from the far left. Sean Hannity
“ The test of a progressive policy is not private but public, not just rising income and consumption for individuals, but widening the opportunities and what Amartya Sen calls the 'capabilities' of all… Eric Hobsbawm
“ There are men regarded today as brilliant economists, who deprecate saving and recommend squandering on a national scale as the way of economic salvation; and when anyone points to what the consequenc… Henry Hazlitt
“ Completing the circle is both philosophical and tactical - there is a growing sense of mastery that comes with practice, diligence, and experience. Eric Mann
“ There were several key American scientists that favorably reported on Nazi eugenics after visiting Hitler's Germany in order to provide it cover. A.E. Samaan
“ The appeal by twentieth-century pluralists to scientific method was also ideologically—and even messianically—driven. It ignored scientific data that interfered with environmentalist assumptions and mis… Paul Edward Gottfried
“ The United States is a successful nation that is constantly susceptible to melancholy because things are not perfect. George F. Will
“ When I talk to anyone or read the writings of anyone who has any axe to grind, I feel that intellectual honesty and balanced judgement have simply disappeared from the face of the earth. Everyone’s th… George Orwell
“ I know that no matter how liberal or progressive I profess to be, no matter how successfully, how diligently I seek to be enlightened and nuanced in my understanding of the world and those around me,… Michael Winship
“ Fame is fun, money is useful, celebrity can be exciting, but finally life is about optimal well-being and how we achieve that in dominator culture, in a greedy culture, in a culture that uses so much… Bell Hooks
“ The more routine that systematised activities are, the more nearly they are of the monotonous character seen in the habits of social animals and the less necessary are master builders; the more novel… Bertrand De Jouvenel
“ The conservatives are fools: They whine about the decay of traditional values, yet they enthusiastically support technological progress and economic growth. Apparently it never occurs to them that you… Theodore J. Kaczynski
“ Too often in the post-9/11 world, when the time has come to translate the moral, and essentially progressive, roots of foreign policy idealism into plans for American action, liberals have said, 'Duck… Richard Just
“ Even the sober desire for progress is sustained by faith—faith in the intrinsic goodness of human nature and in the omnipotence of science. It is a defiant and blasphemous faith, not unlike that held… Eric Hoffer
