Philosophy Quotes

"Men should think twice before making widow hood woman's only path to power."

"Words, without power, is mere philosophy."

"Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion."

"Well, I think, by definition, all power has limits."

"I repeat... that all power is a trust that we are accountable for its exercise that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist."

"Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you."

"There is no meaning to life except the meaning man gives his life by the unfolding of his powers."

"Will power is to the mind like a strong blind man who carries on his shoulders a lame man who can see."

"But you see, our society is still trapped in this binary, black/white logic and that has had some very positive implications for our generation. It's had some very negative ones as well and one of the negative ones is that it creates enormous identity problems for people who have one black ancestor and all white ancestors for example."

"Kant introduced the concept of the negative into philosophy. Would it not also be worthwhile to try to introduce the concept of the positive into philosophy?"

"But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite."

"I feel that sin and evil are the negative part of you, and I think it's like a battery: you've got to have the negative and the positive in order to be a complete person."

"I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative."

"Politics is pop. Our job as comedians - especially me, as a late-night talk show, which is a broader audience - is to amplify what we think America is thinking."

"Sometimes in politics, you think you've seen it all. Turns out I was wrong."

"I've been leading newsrooms for a while now and it's been an honor serving as Editor in Chief of N.J., but I really think that my best shot at moving the needle in politics is by getting close to it - by reading, reporting, tweeting and writing."

"I think that politics could be a positive thing. My beef is that people focus on the personal aspect of a politician too much. They should focus on the results."

"One of the things that I think you see sometimes in politics is a certain degree of caution. It's usually advised by consultants who don't want to see you march to the end of a limb."

"I detest politics, to be honest with you. It's a cesspool. And I don't think I would fare well in that cesspool because I don't believe in political correctness and I certainly don't believe in dishonesty."

"And yet, there are still people in American politics who, for some reason, cling to this belief that America is better off adopting the economic policies of nations whose people who immigrate here from there."