{"quotes":[{"text":"The ruling power is always faced with the question, ‘In such and such circumstances, what would you do?’, whereas the opposition is not obliged to take responsibility or make any real decisions.","author":"George Orwell","tags":["democracy","democracy-fascism","democracy-freedom","democracy-voting","elections","free-speech","freedom","government","liberty","media","political-science","politics-observation","politics-science","politicsics","power","president","republicans","responsibility","vote","voters","voting","voting-rights"],"id":35106,"author_id":"George+Orwell"},{"text":"Society is full of possibilities, is this possible to make all to think like children then there will be no politics.","author":"Vikram Roy","tags":["politics-observation","society","society-thinking"],"id":70959,"author_id":"Vikram+Roy"},{"text":"Politics and justice seldom walk hand in hand.","author":"Wayne Gerard Trotman","tags":["justice","justice","justice","political-philosophy","politics","politics-observation","politics","quotable","about-life"],"id":76856,"author_id":"Wayne+Gerard+Trotman"},{"text":"Justice was like coloured balls in a magician's hand, changing colour and shape all the time beneath the light of politics.","author":"Qiu Xiaolong","tags":["justice","political-correctness","politics-observation"],"id":92645,"author_id":"Qiu+Xiaolong"},{"text":"[The American President] has to take all sorts of abuse from liars and demagogues.… The people can never understand why the President does not use his supposedly great power to make ’em behave. Well, all the President is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.","author":"Harry Truman","tags":["democracy","democracy-fascism","democracy-freedom","democracy-voting","democrats","elections","funny","government","political-science","politicians","politics-observation","politics-science","politicsics","power","president","republicans"],"id":97373,"author_id":"Harry+Truman"},{"text":"Mounting tensions in Eastern Europe send shivers down the spine. Barely a quarter of a century after the end of the Cold War we seem to be sliding inexorably towards another.","author":"Alex Morritt","tags":["aggression","armageddon","armies","army","caucasus","caucasus-region","checkmate","checks-and-balances","cold-war","conflict-management","conflict-resolution","conflicts","cool-response","crimea","defence","defences","destruction-of-us","diplomacy","eastern-europe","eastern-european","end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it","error","errors","escalation","fear-of-unknown","fear","fears","fears-and-doubts","force","forces","forces-of-darkness","geopolitical-forces","geopolitical-tension","geopolitics","historical-perspective","history-repeating-itself","impasse","inexorably","international-community","international-relations","international-relationships","lack-of-judgement","learning-from-mistakes","lessons-learned","lessons-learned-in-life","lessons-of-life","live-and-learn","mexican-standoff","military","military-history","military","military-theory","moscow","moscow-rules","nato","nuclear-power","nuclear-proliferation","nuclear-threat","nuclear-weapons","one-upmanship","peace-on-earth","peace","peacemaker","political-commentary","political-quandary","political","politics-observation","poor-judgement","poor-leadership","power-struggle","power-struggles","quandary","red-army","regressing","regression","repeat-mistakes","repeated-mistake","repeating-the-past","rules-of-engagement","russia","russian-federation","sabre-rattling","shiver","shivers","sliding","soviet-occupation","soviet-russia","soviet-union","sphere-of-influence","spine-chilling","stalemate","standoff","struggles","super-powers","tension","treaty","troops","ukraine","warfare","warmonger","wars","weapons-of-mass-destruction"],"id":105706,"author_id":"Alex+Morritt"},{"text":"We have passed some of the dirtiest chapters of mankind. Perhaps we are heading towards further inhuman treatments in many places such as Syria and Palestine.","author":"Nilantha Ilangamuwa","tags":["international-relations","politics-observation","social"],"id":110724,"author_id":"Nilantha+Ilangamuwa"},{"text":"Revenge is not redress. Revenge is a wheel, and it turns backwards.","author":"Terry Pratchett","tags":["politics-observation","revenge","war"],"id":117631,"author_id":"Terry+Pratchett"},{"text":"The poor man is called a socialist if he believes that the wealth of the rich should be divided among the poor, but the rich man is called a financier if he devises a plan by which the pittance of the poor can be converted to his use.","author":"William Jennings Bryan","tags":["economics","justice","politics-observation","politics","socialism"],"id":144085,"author_id":"William+Jennings+Bryan"},{"text":"We are in a prison of our own minds holding our own chains around us. We create our oligarchs and fight for their right to oppress us.","author":"Heather Marsh","tags":["communism","democracy","governance","oligarchy","politics-observation"],"id":157143,"author_id":"Heather+Marsh"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":27,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}