Political Subversion Quotes

#1. In most circles, the idea of economic planning has been in disrepute most of the time and, particularly in America, has almost carried connotations of intellectual and moral perversion and even political subversion.

Gunnar Myrdal

#2. All political revolutions, not affected by foreign conquest, originate in moral revolutions. The subversion of established institutions is merely one consequence of the previous subversion of established opinions.

John Stuart Mill

#3. It is standard practice for corrupt leaders who are seeking a certain political outcome to hype or manipulate a terror threat or a threat of violent domestic subversion. While sometimes the threat is manufactured, frequently the hyped threat is based on a real danger.

Naomi Wolf

#4. It's a quality of my life that I wouldn't change for the world, having grown up with such a humble background.

Hilary Swank

#5. Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity.

Leonard Cohen

#6. Everyone's unfolding karma will change. To maintain equanimity during the unfolding of karmic effect is the Gnanis' (Self-realized person's) duty.

Dada Bhagwan

#7. It is better to copulate than never.

Robert A. Heinlein

#8. I know I don't deserve you, but I need you

J. Sterling

#9. The Darwinian adaptive trait of our time is the ability to figure out when we are being lied to on television.

Dick Morris

#10. One forgives the critic - perhaps - but never the good-natured friend.

James Payn

#11. The artist enriches the soul of humanity.
The artist delights people with
a thousand different shades of feeling.

Auguste Rodin

#12. As an organized political group, the Communists have done nothing to damage our society a fraction as much as what their enemies have done in the name of defending us against subversion.

Murray Kempton

#13. You can't tell by looking at a film-clip whether it is a drama or a documentary without knowing how it was produced.

Errol Morris

#14. When an oath is taken ... the mind is more attentive; for it guards against two things, the reproach of friends and offence against the gods.

Sophocles

#15. What I really wanted was to perform. So if it took four world titles or one Olympic medal, I just wanted so badly to be able to perform. So it doesn't hinder me sleeping at night that I don't have an Olympic medal.

Kurt Browning