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Political Quotes - Page 180

When the rich plunder the poor of his rights, it becomes an example for the poor to plunder the rich of his property, for the rights of the one are as much property to him as wealth is property to the other, and the little all is as dear as the much. It is only by setting out on just principles that men are trained to be just to each other; and it will always be found, that when the rich protect the rights of the poor, the poor will protect the property of the rich. But the guarantee, to be effectual, must be parliamentarily reciprocal.

Thomas Paine (1830). “The Political Writings of Thomas Paine ...: Prospects on the Rubicon. Rights of man, part I. Rights of man, part II. Letter to the authors of the Republican. Letter to the Abbe Sieyes. Address to the addressers. Letters to Lord Onslow. Dissertation on the first principles of government. Speech delivered in the French National convention. Letter to Mr. Secretary Dundas. The decline and fall of the English system of finance. Letter to the people of France. Reasons for preserving the life of Louis”, p.310

That mysterious independent variable of political calculation, Public Opinion.

Thomas Henry Huxley (2011). “Collected Essays”, p.194, Cambridge University Press

My argument would be that I don't think there is much that's genuinely political art that is good art.

"Truth in the Hands of Artists". Interview with Sarah Burton, www.alternet.org. November 23, 2003.

Most poetry in the modern age has retreated to the private sphere, turning its back on the political realm.

"Milton's republic" by Terry Eagleton, www.theguardian.com. December 8, 2008.