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“This was a good example of the fascist policing of public discourse in this country by nominal liberals who have become as unthinkingly wedded to dogma as any junior member of the Spanish Inquisition.”
Camille Paglia
Politics
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Free Speech
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Society
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Government
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Censorship
2.
“Why has the Democratic Party become so arrogantly detached from ordinary Americans? Though they claim to speak for the poor and dispossessed, Democrats have increasingly become the party of an upper-middle-class professional elite, top-heavy with journalists, academics and lawyers.”
Camille Paglia
Politics
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Democratic Party
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Society
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Class
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Government
3.
“Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.”
Camille Paglia
Politics
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War
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Afghanistan
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Military
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Government
4.
“My political philosophy as a libertarian says that government has no business intervening in any consensual private behavior. My professional ethic as a thinker and writer, however, says that self-knowledge is our ultimate responsibility.”
Camille Paglia
Politics
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Libertarianism
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Philosophy
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Government
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Ethics
5.
“I believe that government should confine itself to the public realm and that it should be as stripped down as possible, within reason. It should not be burdened by excess bureaucracy.”
Camille Paglia
Government
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Politics
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Bureaucracy
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Philosophy
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Liberty
6.
“As a registered Democrat, I am praying for a credible presidential candidate to emerge from the younger tier of politicians in their late 40s. A governor with executive experience would be ideal.”
Camille Paglia
Politics
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Government
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Elections
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Society
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Leadership
7.
“Modern liberalism suffers unresolved contradictions. It exalts individualism and freedom and, on its radical wing, condemns social orders as oppressive. On the other hand, it expects government to provide materially for all, a feat manageable only by an expansion of authority and a swollen bureaucracy. In other words, liberalism defines government as tyrant father but demands it behave as nurturant mother.”
Camille Paglia
Liberalism
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Politics
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Government
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Society
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Ideology
8.
“Within the U.S., the Obama presidency will be mainly measured by the success or failure of his economic policies. And here, I fear, the monstrous stimulus package with which this administration stumbled out of the gate will prove to be Obama's Waterloo.”
Camille Paglia
Politics
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Obama
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Economy
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Government
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History
9.
“Liberalism defines government as tyrant father but demands it behave as nurturant mother.”
Camille Paglia
Liberalism
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Government
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Politics
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Ideology
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Society
10.
“It is not true that I oppose government funding of the arts.”
Camille Paglia
Government
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Funding
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Arts
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Culture
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Policy
11.
“Uncritical American boosterism - automatic endorsement of every government action - is myopic and self-defeating.”
Camille Paglia
Politics
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Society
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Government
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Criticism
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Ideology
12.
“No genuinely avant-garde artist should ever be on the government dole.”
Camille Paglia
Art
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Avant-Garde
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Government
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Creativity
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Independence
13.
“Congress should know how to levy taxes, and if it doesn’t know how to collect them, then a man is a fool to pay the taxes.”
J.P. Morgan
Taxes
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Law
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Economy
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Government
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Finance
14.
“When a man has accumulated a sum of money, accumulated it within the law, the Government has no right to share in its earnings.”
John D. Rockefeller
Wealth
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Law
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Government
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Earnings
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Rights
15.
“The person with big talk and big dreams is more powerful than one with all the facts. I believe that the law was made for man and not man for the law; that government is the servant of the people and not their master.”
John D. Rockefeller
Dreams
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Power
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Law
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Government
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Influence
16.
“Why do they call it the Department of Interior when they are in charge of everything outdoors?”
Steven Wright
Government
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Naming
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Irony
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Perspective
,
Humor
17.
“It's very difficult for the American people to believe that our government, one of the richest on Earth, is also one of the stingiest on Earth.”
Jimmy Carter
Government
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Wealth
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Generosity
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America
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Perception
18.
“I’m not in favor of the government mandating a prayer in school because our country was founded on the fact that no particular religious faith would have ascendance over or preferential treatment over any other.”
Jimmy Carter
Prayer
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School
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Government
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Religion
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Separation
19.
“America has no functioning democracy at this moment.”
Jimmy Carter
Democracy
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America
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Politics
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Society
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Government
20.
“I can't really criticize the Tea Party people, because I came into the White House pretty much on the same basis that they have become popular. That is dissatisfaction with the way things are going in Washington and disillusionment and disencouragement about the government.”
Jimmy Carter
Tea Party
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Government
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Washington
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Politics
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Disillusionment
21.
“I see a lot of parallels between my candidacy and the Tea Party. I would not have been elected had there not been a tremendous amount of dissatisfaction and discouragement and disgust with what was going on in Washington.”
Jimmy Carter
Politics
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Tea Party
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Election
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Government
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Washington
22.
“All I want is the same thing you want. To have a nation with a government that is as good and honest and decent and competent and compassionate and as filled with love as are the American people.”
Jimmy Carter
Government
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Honesty
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Compassion
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Leadership
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Nation
23.
“The test of a government is not how popular it is with the powerful and privileged few but how honestly and fairly it deals with the many who must depend on it.”
Jimmy Carter
Government
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Politics
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Leadership
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Fairness
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Society
24.
“The government ought to stay out of the prayer business.”
Jimmy Carter
Government
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Religion
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Freedom
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Prayer
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Separation
25.
“Thoughtful criticism and close scrutiny of all government officials by the press and the public are an important part of our democratic society.”
Jimmy Carter
Democracy
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Government
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Accountability
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Media
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Society
26.
“I am not going to use the federal government’s authority deliberately to circumvent the natural inclination of people to live in ethnic homogeneous neighborhoods.”
Jimmy Carter
Government
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Authority
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Society
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Ethnicity
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Communities
27.
“The government and the church are two different realms of service, and those in political office have to face a subtle but important difference between the implementation of the high ideals of religious faith and public duty.”
Jimmy Carter
Government
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Church
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Politics
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Faith
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Duty
28.
“It made smuggling easy; but I was nervous of getting involved, because a government that breaks its own laws can also easily break you.”
V.S. Naipaul
Smuggling
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Law
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Government
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Corruption
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Fear
29.
“I believe always you should have a philanthropic heart inside but business way. Because you have to get things done. That is what scientists tell us how to do properly. Business should tell us how to get things done efficiently. And government should have the good environment and the foundations of researching.”
Jack Ma
Philanthropy
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Business
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Efficiency
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Science
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Government
30.
“Never ever do business with the government. Be in love with them, never marry them.”
Jack Ma
Business
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Government
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Strategy
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Entrepreneurship
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Independence
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