Category Archives: Quotable Notables

Quotable: Jon Stewart on speculation

Posted on October 3, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“Speculation: News you can use–eventually.”–Jon Stewart, The Daily Show, October 3, 2007

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Quotable: Agatha Christie on war

Posted on August 17, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“One is left with the horrible feeling now that war settles nothing; that to win a war is as disastrous as to lose one.” –Dame Agatha Christie, from her autobiography, published in 1977.

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Quotable: Albert Einstein on capitalist tyranny

Posted on July 8, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“Private capital tends to become concentrated in few hands, partly because of competition among the capitalists and partly because technological development and the increasing division of labor encourage the formation of larger units of production at the expense of smaller … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Harry S. Truman on the CIA

Posted on July 4, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“For some time I have been disturbed by the way the CIA has been diverted from its original assignment. It has become an operational and at times a policy-making arm of the government…I never had any thought that when I … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Paul Waldman on progressives

Posted on July 1, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“Progressives do not lack for policy experts or committed activists. What they need is an infrastructure whose purpose is not fighting conservatives on this or that issue but battling conservatism itself.”–Paul Waldman, “Being Right is Not Enough”

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Quotable: Naomi Wolf on fascism without swastikas

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“Because Americans like me were born in freedom, we have a hard time even considering that it is possible for us to become as unfree–domestically–as many other nations. Because we no longer learn much about our rights or our system … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Evo Morales on capitalism

Posted on May 24, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“The transnational corporations always provoke conflicts to accumulate capital, and the accumulation of capital in a few hands is no solution for humanity. And so I have arrived at the conclusion that capitalism is the worst enemy of humanity.”–Evo Morales, … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Christopher Hitchens on Jerry Falwell

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Yes, this IS a case of a stopped clock being right for all of two seconds out of a given 24 hours. Savor those two seconds, kiddies. For as soon as they’re over, Hitchens will, like Cinderella’s coach, revert to … Continue reading →

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Quotable: John Kenneth Galbraith on conservatism

Posted on May 12, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness.”–John Kenneth Galbraith

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Quotable: Hugo Chavez on mixed-economy socialism

Posted on May 8, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“We do not have a statist model [of socialism], that everything will be of the state. Is it possible that there are private businesses in socialism? Yes. Even I would say that in Venezuela it is not only possible, but … Continue reading →

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