“It is entirely true and a fundamental fact of all history (though one we cannot explore further here) that the ultimate product of political activity frequently, indeed, as a matter of course, fails utterly to do justice to its original purpose and may even be a travesty of it.”— Max Weber, amazon.com
“As the experiment was designed, the groups consisted of 'liberal' and 'conservative' members — the former from Boulder, the latter from Colorado Springs. It is widely known that Boulder tends to be liberal and that Colorado Springs tends to be conservative. The groups were screened to ensure that th…”— Cass R. Sunstein, amazon.com
“The most damaging myth in American politics is that the presidency can fix our problems. It's a myth backed by a media machine that finds it convenient to frame American politics as a grand drama in which the president is the lead actor. It's a myth fed by every episode of the West Wing in which Pre…”— Ezra Klein, vox.com
“While there are few problems in today’s world that the United States can solve alone, there are even fewer that can be solved without the United States.”— Hillary Clinton, amazon.com
“The state acts in many disguises but always as the same invisible person.”— Carl Schmitt, amazon.com