Party and ideology routinely trump institutional interests and responsibilities. Regular order - the set of rules, norms and traditions designed to ensure a fair and transparent process – was the first casualty. The results: No serious deliberation. No meaningful oversight of the executive. A culture of corruption.
Thomas E. Mann
March 7, 2017
Politics started to stink when donors took precedence over voters.
John Laurie
March 4, 2017
Research is the process of going up alleys to see if they are blind.
Marston Bates
March 1, 2017
Prejudice is the child of ignorance.
William Hazlitt
February 24, 2017
You are not under attack when others gain rights and privileges you’ve always had.
DaShanne Stokes
February 21, 2017
It’s a universal law – intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
February 15, 2017
It is no coincidence that the growth of modern tyrants has in every case been heralded by the growth of prejudice.
Henry A. Wallace
February 12, 2017
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
Ambrose Bierce
February 6, 2017
A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful money-maker and never contribute to his country anything more than a horrible example.
Robert Menzies
February 5, 2017
It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favour of common sense, common honesty and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.
