Establishment Quotes

There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people are capable of doing that, as we see in Iraq or Vietnam. But when it comes to risking their careers, or risking being invited to lunch by the establishment, it turns out that's remarkably rare.
Daniel Ellsberg

Courage, Two, Lunch

One of the many, many salutary aspects of Barack Obama's impending presidential nomination is the sea change his victory marks in the battle for the mind-set of the American foreign policy establishment.
Eric Alterman

Change, Battle, Victory

The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One of the chapters of history that's least studied by historians is the 300 to 500 riots in the U.S. between 1965 and 1970.
Tom Hayden

History, Between, Rights

Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune.
Charles de Secondat

Life, Power, Him

The establishment of Zionist regime was a move by the world oppressor against the Islamic world.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Against, Move, Islamic

There is nothing more agreeable in life than to make peace with the Establishment - and nothing more corrupting.
A. J. P. Taylor

Life, Peace, Nothing

President Obama is traveling around the country, proposing a stimulus bill that has already failed once. Instead of having an honest discussion about whether or not a plan that already failed once will fail again, the establishment would rather distract the American people with gossip.
Alveda King

Gossip, Country, Around

Both during the elections and as Prime Minister, I have repeatedly and publicly said that I support the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside the State of Israel.
Ariel Sharon

Said, Support, Both

Anarchists are socialists because they want the improvement of society, and they are communists because they are convinced that such a transformation of society can only result from the establishment of a commonwealth of property.
Johann Most

Society, Result, Property

If you attack the establishment long enough and hard enough, they will make you a member of it.
Art Buchwald

Long, Hard, Enough

As a kid I quite fancied the romantic, Bohemian idea of being an artist. I expect I thought I could escape from the difficulties of maths and spelling. Maybe I thought I would avoid the judgement of the establishment.
Peter Wright

Romantic, Thought, Idea

A lot of my idealism was frustrated by the end of the '60s because of the way things went with the assassinations and the sense that the political establishment was so fixed in its ways you couldn't change anything.
David Talbot

Change, End, Political

We desire an expansion of relations with regional states and the establishment of extensive public contacts.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Desire, Public, Relations

We are dealing with treachery and threats, which accompanied the establishment of Israel.
Bashar al-Assad

Israel, Dealing, Treachery

I think being a wealthy member of the establishment is the antithesis of cool. Being a countercultural revolutionary is cool. So to the extent that you've made a billion dollars, you've probably become uncool.
Sean Parker

Cool, Made, Become

Ideally, musicians belong outside the Establishment. When they cross that line, it's like something in them has died.
Alex Kapranos

Musicians, Line, Died

The law increasing and organizing the military establishment of the United States has been nearly carried into effect, and the Army has been extensively and usefully employed during the past season.
Martin Van Buren

Past, Law, Military

Don't confuse hypothesis and theory. The former is a possible explanation; the latter, the correct one. The establishment of theory is the very purpose of science.
Martin H. Fischer

Science, Purpose, Possible

As efforts to fix this failure at the Veterans Administration continue, I also intend to persist in demanding answers and action on the establishment of a new clinic to serve the veterans in North Central Washington.
Doc Hastings

Failure, Action, Veterans

With the establishment of a presence in all three counties of Delaware, recruitment in and outside Delaware and throughout the world and new master's and doctoral programs, Delaware State University will continue to grow and attract even more qualified students.
Michael N. Castle

State, Three, Grow

We repeat today that we are with the establishment of a Palestinian state on any liberated part of Palestinian land that is agreed upon by the Palestinian people, without recognizing Israel or conceding any inch of historical Palestine.
Ismail Haniyeh

Today, State, Land

The establishment, the newspapers, they try to create something called Scottish literature, but when people are actually going to write, they are not going to necessarily prescribe to that, they'll write what they feel.
Irvine Welsh

Try, Write, Actually

Our office acts like a kind of educational establishment and we are very careful who we educate.
Rem Koolhaas

Office, Careful, Acts

The establishment of a National Methamphetamine Prevention Week will significantly increase awareness of meth and educate the public on effective ways to help prevent its use.
Ron Lewis

Help, Public, Week

I had advocated the establishment of a Negro industrial commission. I had gestured against the growth of monopoly power. I had introduced a few civil rights bills.
Emanuel Celler

Power, Against, Few

I may not be the favourite candidate of some people within the Republican establishment, but the voters made a decision.
Todd Akin

Decision, May, Made

Laws and constitutions ought to be weighed... to constitute that which is most conducing to the establishment of justice and liberty.
Algernon Sidney

Justice, Liberty, Laws

On another level, I want to mention that I have a strong Jewish identity and - over the years - have been involved in several Jewish projects, such as the establishment of a strong program of Judaic Studies at the University of California in San Diego.
Walter Kohn

Strong, Another, Level

For the gay establishment, the death of right and wrong began when gaining civil rights ceased to be enough.
Tammy Bruce

Death, Gay, Enough

I am a coach on the outside of the establishment and that works.
Linford Christie

Works, Outside, Coach

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