Quotes about Correctness

Political Correctness doesn't change us, it shuts us up. Votes: 4

Political Correctness is inverted McCarthyism. Votes: 3

National Standards was not a narrative of past events but was leftwing revisionism and Political Correctness. Votes: 3

Another plague upon the land, as devastating as the locusts God loosed on the Egyptians, is 'Political Correctness.' Votes: 3

Correctness is clearly the prime quality. If a system does not do what it is supposed to do, then everything else about it matters little. Votes: 3

Real software engineers don't debug programs, they verify correctness. This process doesn't necessarily involve execution of anything on a computer, except perhaps a Correctness Verification Aid package. Sex without love is an empty experience, but, as empty experiences go, it's one of the best. Votes: 3

Political correctness kills discussion. Votes: 2

Political correctness has become a straightjacket. Votes: 2

Political correctness does not legislate tolerance; it only organizes hatred. Votes: 2

One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child. Votes: 2

When people talk about political correctness, the only element of any value is good manners. Votes: 2

There is a term called political correctness, and I consider it to be a euphemism for political cowardice. Votes: 2

I got a feeling about political correctness. I hate it. It causes us to lie silently instead of saying what we think. Votes: 2

It's this upside-down world that we live in where we afford political correctness to the most intolerant group of individuals on the planet. Votes: 2

The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in the struggle. Revolution is the festival of the oppressed. Votes: 2

Political correctness is one of the engines of nannyism. Allowing and even encouraging 'offensive' ideas is vital for the intellectually health of a free society. Votes: 2

I believe that political correctness can be a form of linguistic fascism, and it sends shivers down the spine of my generation who went to war against fascism. Votes: 2

I think you have to judge everything based on your personal taste. And if that means being critical, so be it. I hate political correctness. I absolutely loathe it. Votes: 2

I am absolutely opposed to political correctness. You cannot confront hate speech until you've experienced it. You need to hear every side of the issue instead of just one. Votes: 2

As with 'feminism,' not to mention 'liberalism' and 'conservatism,' 'political correctness' tends to mean what you want it to mean, which also pretty much amounts to utter meaninglessness. Votes: 2

Let's face it: every campus has its share of students who can't quite comprehend that extreme political correctness is often born of the same intolerance and anti-intellectualism as standard-issue bigotry. Votes: 2

We're led to believe everybody opposes it and disagrees with political correctness, but yet everybody's scared to death of it. So who is it? Well, it's the power structure wherever you happen to be. Votes: 2

I am politically incorrect, that's true. Political correctness to me is just intellectual terrorism. I find that really scary, and I won't be intimidated into changing my mind. Everyone isn't going to love you all the time. Votes: 2

My friendships and relationships in the conservative world are not predicated on political correctness and enforced conformity of thought. They are based, instead, on mutual respect, honesty and understanding - concepts many modern liberals should consider revisiting. Votes: 2

While liberals are leery of religious fundamentalism in general, they consistently imagine that all religions at their core teach the same thing and teach it equally well. This is one of the many delusions borne of political correctness. Votes: 2

The critical importance of honest journalism and a free flowing, respectful national conversation needs to be had in our country. But it is being buried as collateral damage in a war whose battles include political correctness and ideological orthodoxy. Votes: 2

Political correctness is as exploitable as any other progressive ideal, but its aim is to stifle the incessant noise of those who flap their careless lips without a thought about those they might offend and why that might be important. Votes: 2

Whether it's people walking off 'The View' when Bill O'Reilly makes a statement about radical Islam or Juan Williams being fired for expressing his opinion, over-reaching political correctness is chipping away at the fundamental American freedoms of speech and expression. Votes: 2

Are your kids learning the right lessons about 9/11? Ten years after Osama bin Laden's henchmen murdered thousands of innocents on American soil, too many children have been spoon-fed the thin gruel of progressive political correctness over the stiff antidote of truth. Votes: 2

Just as the humble, unassuming, assenting 'O.K.' has deposed the more affirmative 'Yes,' so the little cringe and hesitation and approximation of 'like' are a help to young people who are struggling to negotiate the shoals and rapids of ethnic identity, the street, and general correctness. Votes: 2

Quite frankly, I think political correctness is the worst form of censorship. You're not allowed to speak your mind unless you're black, or unless you're a terrorist, or unless you're an Arab or a minority people. Then you can say what you like. But if you are like a lot of us you are not supposed to say certain things. Votes: 2

I hate political correctness. Votes: 0

Political correctness is bad. Votes: 0

Political correctness is a minefield Votes: 0

Certainty is no guarantor of correctness. Votes: 0

Political correctness is tyranny with manners. Votes: 0

Britain is obsessed with political correctness. Votes: 0

Political correctness is a war on noticing. Votes: 0

I just think political correctness is crap. Votes: 0

Obviousness is always the enemy of correctness. Votes: 0

We're gonna get away from political correctness . Votes: 0

America's problem is too much political correctness. Votes: 0

I think political correctness is a moving line. Votes: 0

I like the free-speech stuff, the political-correctness stuff. Votes: 0

Sufficiently advanced political correctness is indistinguishable from sarcasm. Votes: 0

The core problem in our society is political correctness. Votes: 0

Hurricane Katrina was caused by political correctness. I said it! Votes: 0

Political correctness is driving machismo underground and recalling effeminacy from exile. Votes: 0

Catch and release fishing may be cruelty masquerading as political correctness Votes: 0

At its grandest, political correctness is an attempt to accelerate evolution. Votes: 0

My views are heretical to people who believe in political correctness. Votes: 0

A lot of people are bored of all the political correctness. Votes: 0

Political correctness is euphemism for "fear to speak truth to authority Votes: 0

A democratic despotism is like a theocracy: it assumes its own correctness. Votes: 0

Robotic correctness is the last thing judges want to see or hear Votes: 0

If you lead the people with correctness, who will dare not be correct? Votes: 0

Any sort of political correctness needs to be swept out of the way Votes: 0

There is a point where political correctness becomes an acid that erodes freedom. Votes: 0

The cornerstone of the political correctness that dominates campus culture is radical feminism. Votes: 0

Political correctness is what right-wing bigots call what everybody else calls being polite Votes: 0

Inclusion is not a matter of political correctness. It is the key to growth. Votes: 0

A lot of it is backlash against all this political correctness that's going on. Votes: 0

In a land of freedom we are held hostage by the tyranny of political correctness. Votes: 0

You get so tired of political correctness. I'm noted for speaking out all my career. Votes: 0

We must escape our illusions of correctness to understand the actions and beliefs of others. Votes: 0

The job of formal methods is to elucidate the assumptions upon which formal correctness depends. Votes: 0

I don't believe you should interfere with any classic for reasons of religious or political correctness. Votes: 0

The correctness of much testimonially based belief is no more than minimally creditable to the believer. Votes: 0

Martyrdom has always been a proof of the intensity, never of the correctness of a belief. Votes: 0

Things usually make sense in time, and even bad decisions have their own kind of correctness. Votes: 0

The correctness and quality of what you write do not matter; the act of writing does. Votes: 0

The term "political correctness" has always appalled me, reminding me of Orwell's "Thought Police" and fascist regimes. Votes: 0

One can be inclined to just say, "F this political correctness! I don't have time for that!" Votes: 0

I just don't accept midgets as human beings. There's only so much political correctness I can accept. Votes: 0

Political correctness means nothing to me. Nothing. It's the new Puritanism, darling. Preventing us from expressing ourselves. Votes: 0

Political correctness? In my humor, I never talk about politics. I was never much into all that. Votes: 0

Political correctness has changed everything. People forget that political correctness used to be called spastic gay talk. Votes: 0

At a time when political correctness is valued over honesty I would also like to say, 'Right on! Votes: 0

This lie of political correctness is bringing this country down. You just want to break through it all. Votes: 0

Don't you just hate it when the war on terrorism interferes with political correctness and liberalism's equality fetish? Votes: 0

For the sake of democracy, vigorous, civilized debate must replace the law of silence that political correctness has imposed. Votes: 0

A painter paints the appearance of things, not their objective correctness, in fact he creates new appearances of things. Votes: 0

The two pillars of 'political correctness' are, a) willful ignorance, and b) a steadfast refusal to face the truth. Votes: 0

The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal. Votes: 0

Other top-level politicians do not express their global warming doubts because a whip of political correctness strangles their voice. Votes: 0

Political correctness will die as it lived - kicking and screaming ad hominem abuse as a substitute for arguments. Votes: 0

When Donald Trump does his talking, he - he doesn't tiptoe around the thousand new rules of political correctness. Votes: 0

The truth is that this culture of political correctness has tied the hands of law enforcement around the USA. Votes: 0

We're running a war by politicians and we're running a war by political correctness as per that question [with ISIS]. Votes: 0

I think in this country [UK] we could do with rather less political correctness and more straight talking across the board. Votes: 0

Stand up, speak out, and be bold. Screw political correctness. Never let them tell you to sit down and shut up. Votes: 0

I think political correctness really does help us when it serves us but it doesn't help us when it silences us. Votes: 0

With impressive proof on all sides of magnificent progress, no one can rightly deny the fundamental correctness of our economic system. Votes: 0

In this era of political correctness, some people seem unaware that being squeamish about words can mean being blind to realities. Votes: 0

Political correctness is about denial, usually in the weasel circumlocutory jargon which distorts and evades and seldom stands up to honest analysis. Votes: 0

Once we've made a decision, we are efficient only if we go through with it decisively, undistracted by doubts about its correctness. Votes: 0

I worry that we are approaching a time when that which is shocking is squeezed out by the Stalinism of political correctness. Votes: 0

We are living in a dynamic age with multiple ideas and beliefs of correctness; this world is not deterministic and not still. Votes: 0

Political correctness is neither political nor is it correct. It amounts to social censorship, and the sooner we spit it out, the better. Votes: 0

Martyrdom, as a rule, establishes the sincerity of the martyr, never the correctness of his thought. Things are true or false in themselves. Votes: 0

The investigation of mathematical truths accustoms the mind to method and correctness in reasoning, and is an employment peculiarly worthy of rational beings. Votes: 0

If political correctness has achieved one thing, it's that it has made the Conservative party cloak their inherent racism behind more creative language Votes: 0

Acts which are essentially dishonourable must not be done; they would be justified only by calm contemplation of their correctness in abstract cases. Votes: 0

The first condition of humaneness is a little humility and a little diffidence about the correctness of one's conduct and a little receptiveness. Votes: 0

Feminism has had exactly the same problem that "political correctness" has had: people keep using the phrase without really knowing what it means. Votes: 0

We were criticized throughout that investigation for being too thorough, for taking too long. But time has proved the correctness of that approach. Votes: 0

Acquisition of skills requires a regular environment, an adequate opportunity to practice, and rapid and unequivocal feedback about the correctness of thoughts and actions. Votes: 0

Islam takes advantage of two structural flaws that exist in the Western society. One is political correctness and other is the decline of morality. Votes: 0

There are both dull correctness and piquant carelessness; it is needless to say which will command the most readers and have the most influence. Votes: 0

To think about love and passion and political correctness all together, it doesn't work. Art has to go way past the political to be effective. Votes: 0

[On political correctness:] Any intended message mattered less than the received message, and every received message could be interpreted in whatever way the receiver wanted. Votes: 0

Political correctness is one of the engines of nannyism. Allowing and even encouraging offensive ideas is vital for the intellectually health of a free society. Votes: 0

To play with correctness and skill the ends of games, is an important but a very rare accomplishment, expect among the magnates of the game. Votes: 0

... three main components of leadership: mastery of the subject-matter, ability convincingly to articulate the particular course of action required and a fervent belief in its correctness. Votes: 0

It's getting funnier because everybody's categories are disintegrating, and the cult of political correctness dictates that we never point out that other people don't make sense. Votes: 0

America is fed up with political correctness, and it is fed up with government that doesn't work. It's fed up with weakness being interpreted as wisdom. Votes: 0

Political correctness is just tyranny with manners. I wish for you the courage to be unpopular. Popularity is history's pocket change. Courage is history's true currency. Votes: 0

Islam, the religion of peace and any terrorism that happens, is not really Islamic or Islamic inspired. This is called a willful blindness. It's also political correctness. Votes: 0

Islam, the religion of peace and any terrorism that happens, is not really Islamic or Islamic inspired. This is called a willful blindness. It's also political correctness. Votes: 0

Things have happened, having to do with many things including political correctness, where people are so worried about being politically correct that they are unable to function. Votes: 0

In my view (animal) knowledge is apt belief, where not only the belief (its existence and content) but also its correctness is creditable to the subject's competence. Votes: 0

The object of fiction isn't grammatical correctness but to make the reader welcome and then tell a story.... Writing is seduction. Good talk is part of seduction. Votes: 0

Sincerity is not test of truth-no evidence of correctness of conduct. You may take poison sincerely believing it the needed medicine, but will it save your life? Votes: 0

I wake up every day feeling like today's the day to make a difference. I never question the correctness of what I'm doing or the need for it. Votes: 0

If the first words out of your mouth are to cry 'political correctness!', ... chances are very, very high that you are in fact part of the problem. Votes: 0

Political correctness gets in the way of all too many things in this country of ours, I am not a subscriber of political correctness by any means, shape or form. Votes: 0

Self-pity is an ignoble emotion, but we all feel it, and the orthodox critical line that it represents some kind of artistic flaw is dubious, a form of emotional correctness. Votes: 0

I have a distinct memory, dating back to 1989 or so, of sitting around with my college dorm mates talking about a new term that was popping up everywhere: 'political correctness.' Votes: 0

I don't think political correctness doesn't make any difference. Once that's in your DNA, you don't pass an ordinance or pass a law or all of the sudden change your DNA. Votes: 0

A convincing demonstration of correctness being impossible as long as the mechanism is regarded as a black box, our only hope lies in not regarding the mechanism as a black box. Votes: 0

Islam is the religion of peace. We say that jokingly. That's actually the position of the US government. It's rooted in political correctness and fear and a number of other convoluted things. Votes: 0

It seems very obvious that a vast majority of the American people are sick and tired of political correctness and prevailing partisanship that does not serve the American people or freedom well. Votes: 0

There is no regard for human lives, or local national interests. It is because the West, despite its hypocritical rhetoric (political correctness) does not really consider non-whites and non-Christians as human beings. Votes: 0

Islam is the religion of peace. We say that jokingly. That's actually the position of the US government. It's rooted in political correctness and fear and a number of other convoluted things. Votes: 0

Right now, the United States of America is the patient. And the patient is in critical condition and will not be cured by political correctness and will not be cured by timidity. Votes: 0

I think I was a militant smoker, and I felt hemmed in by a wall of political correctness and I think I purposely and militantly put the smoking scenes in the movies. Votes: 0

The way to stop political correctness is to not do it. If someone says, You offended me then you say I don't care! If they're offended by the truth, that's their issue! Votes: 0

Political correctness sometimes does great work when it helps equalize the playing field when it comes to language, but it does a great disservice when it tries to silence a person of color. Votes: 0

Generals aren't in the business of commenting on the correctness or incorrectness of the President's decisions. Anybody who thinks he should be able to do that ought to be fired on the spot. Votes: 0

I think the desire to reject elites, to retreat within more comfortable geographic and personal borders and to lash out at political correctness is not a phenomenon unique to Britain or the US. Votes: 0

It's a strange truth that no matter how persuaded we might be of our own correctness, the discomfiting realization that others disagree with us causes a paralyzing inability to argue the case convincingly. Votes: 0

The social disease of political correctness has entered daily life, inverting good to bad and attempting to rewrite proud histories as an imposition of white supremacy for which we all should make contrition. Votes: 0

The pejorative term "political correctness" was adapted to express disapproval of the enlargement of etiquette to cover all people, in spite of this being a principle to which all Americans claim to subscribe Votes: 0

The Democrats are incapable of even being accused of violating political correctness, so they don't even worry about it. The Democrats have really grown accustomed, however, to Republicans not attacking, not criticizing them. Votes: 0

The Democrats are incapable of even being accused of violating political correctness, so they don't even worry about it. The Democrats have really grown accustomed, however, to Republicans not attacking, not criticizing them. Votes: 0

Even though [Donald] Trump is reported to not read very much and to have a limited range of experience, he is often certain that he is right and boldly asserts the correctness of his positions. Votes: 0

Until every good man is brave, we must expect to find many good women timid--too timid even to believe in the correctness of their own best promptings, when these would place them in a minority. Votes: 0

I hate to speak for the whole society, but I will. I'm a journalist, it's my job. There's been something of a reaction against political correctness. Needless to say, the government hasn't caught up yet. Votes: 0

Animal knowledge is metaphysically constituted by apt belief, by belief whose correctness manifests the believer's epistemic competence, a relevant disposition to get it right on the matter at hand when one tries to do so. Votes: 0