Quotes about Ideological

The press is our chief ideological weapon. Votes: 4

Ideological differences are no excuse for rudeness. Votes: 4

There cannot be peaceful coexistence in the ideological realm. Peaceful coexistence corrupts. Votes: 4

The most successful ideological effects are those which have no need for words, and ask no more than complicitous silence. Votes: 4

Our country, like every modern state, needs profound democratic reforms. It needs political and ideological pluralism, a mixed economy and protection of human rights and the opening up of society. Votes: 4

We give you the facts. I told you information is power - knowledge is power. We can't be in an ideological battle to redeem the soul of this country if we don't have the facts. Votes: 4

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: 4

I've led a school whose faculty and students examine and discuss and debate every aspect of our law and legal system. And what I've learned most is that no one has a monopoly on truth or wisdom. I've learned that we make progress by listening to each other, across every apparent political or ideological divide. Votes: 4

Ideological bigotry has become the norm on even our most prestigious campuses, where students can go for years without reading or hearing anything that challenges the left vision. Votes: 3

Ideological talk and phrase mongering about political liberties should be disposed with; all that is just mere chatter and phrase mongering. We should get away from those phrases. Votes: 3

Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench. They tend to make law, not interpret law. And that's not what any of us should want from our judges. Votes: 3

Ideological warriors whether from the Left or the Right are bad news for the bench. They tend to make law, not interpret law. And that's not what any of us should want from our judges. Votes: 3

Ideological thinking becomes emancipated from the reality that we perceive with our five senses, and insists on a 'truer' reality concealed behind all perceptible things, dominating them from this place of concealment and requiring a sixth sense that enables us to become aware of it. Votes: 3

Debt is a social and ideological construct, not a simple economic fact. Votes: 2

Equality and self-determination should never be divided in the name of religious or ideological fervor. Votes: 2

In an ideological age, diplomacy may seem weak and prosaic. But sometimes it is all we have. Votes: 2

There is an ideological colonization we have to be careful of that tries to destroy the family. Votes: 2

In order to keep anything cultural, logical, or ideological, you have to reinvent the reality of it. Votes: 2

Fascism is itself less 'ideological', in so far as it openly proclaims the principle of domination that is elsewhere concealed. Votes: 2

Of strong importance to me is the defense of minority rights, not just racial minorities, but ideological and religious minorities. Votes: 2

Dialogue is the basis of Indian culture, and we don't want to make any enemies. Political and ideological adversaries, perhaps, but not enemies. Votes: 2

With the parties at virtual parity and the ideological gulf between them never greater, the stakes of majority control of Congress are extremely high. Votes: 2

There is nothing worth having that can he obtained by nuclear war - nothing material or ideological - no tradition that it can defend. It is utterly self-defeating. Votes: 2

There is nothing worth having that can be obtained by nuclear war - nothing material or ideological - no tradition that it can defend. It is utterly self-defeating. Votes: 2

The United States is unusual among the industrial democracies in the rigidity of the system of ideological control - 'indoctrination', we might say - exercised through the mass media. Votes: 2

For me, no ideological or political conviction would justify the sacrifice of a human life. For me, the value of life is absolute, with no concessions. It's not negotiable. Votes: 2

The United States is unusual among the industrial democracies in the rigidity of the system of ideological control - 'indoctrination,' we might say - exercised through the mass media. Votes: 2

Education as the exercise of domination stimulates the credulity of students, with the ideological intent (often not perceived by educators) of indoctrinating them to adapt to the world of oppression. Votes: 2

No production of high ideological and artistic value can evolve out of a creative group whose members are not united ideologically and in which discipline and order have not been established. Votes: 2

Refuse to allow yourself to become a vegetable that simply absorbs information, pre-packaged, pre-ideologized , because no message.. is anything but an ideological package that has gone through a kind of processing. Votes: 2

Presented with the claims of nineteenth-century racist anthropology, a rational person will ask two sorts of questions: 'What is the scientific status of the claims?' 'What social or ideological needs do they serve?' Votes: 2

The Republican Party is becoming less and less like a traditional political party in a representative democracy and becoming more like an apocalyptic cult, or one of the intensely ideological authoritarian parties of 20th century Europe, Votes: 2

The crucial distinction between systems...was no longer ideological. The main political difference was between those who did, and those who did not, believe that the citizen could -- or should -- be the property of the state. Votes: 2

Obama has built his public image around his ability to bridge divisions - racial, ideological or generational. And that was his reputation, even at Harvard Law School, where he was the first black president of the 'Law Review.' Votes: 2

You can rarely prove something to someone who does not want to see it proven, and even more to the point, you can almost never prove something to someone who has financial or ideological reasons to not see it proven. Votes: 2

The way we make sense of a realistic text is through the same broad ideological frame as the way we make sense of our social experience or rather, the way we are made sense of by the discourses of our culture. Votes: 2

I have a problem with Mitt Romney. And it's big problem - one that extends beyond our ideological differences. My big concern is that Mitt Romney wants to become president for no other reason than because there's a possibility he can win. Votes: 2

The decentralized nature of online conversations often makes it easier to manipulate public opinion, both domestically and globally. Regimes that once relied on centralized systems of media control can now deliver ideological messages more subtly, with the help of little-known intermediaries like anonymous commenters on websites. Votes: 2

Beginning with adolescence, my political formation was oriented in the ideological direction of Marxism. It was natural, being that my thinking was influenced by an atmosphere of active critical resistance. That was the way it was during all of the dictatorship and up to the Revolution of 1974. Votes: 2

And sometimes it's the very otherness of a stranger, someone who doesn't belong to our ethnic or ideological or religious group, an otherness that can repel us initially, but which can jerk us out of our habitual selfishness, and give us intonations of that sacred otherness, which is God. Votes: 2

Before, revolutions used to have ideological names. They could be communist, they could be liberal, they could be fascist or Islamic. Now, the revolutions are called under the medium which is most used. You have Facebook revolutions, Twitter revolutions. The content doesn't matter anymore - the problem is the media. Votes: 2

We could only solve our problems by cooperating with other countries. It would have been paradoxical not to cooperate. And therefore we needed to put an end to the Iron Curtain, to change the nature of international relations, to rid them of ideological confrontation, and particularly to end the arms race. Votes: 2

For the jihadists, Muslim women who embrace Western mores, and wear tight jeans or mini skirts, are hated symbols of corruption that need to be eradicated. For the ideological mentors of Breivik, a similar disturbance comes from the burqa, which is banned in France and Belgium, partly thanks to their efforts. Votes: 2

The average person doesn't understand what a stem cell is. There's a lack of health literacy in our nation. So the public can't really get into this dialogue because they don't understand the complexity of stem cells, not the faith-based approach, not the ideological or political, but the science behind stem cells. Votes: 2

As I look back at the span of the Cold War in those early days, in the '50s, for example, there was a great deal of Soviet propaganda here in the United States, but it was clumsy, and it was anchored to a lot of ideological support in certain circles in America itself. Votes: 2

Terrorists in 6 weeks have been able to command 300 million North Americans to do away with the entirety of their civil liberties that took 700 years to advance from the Magna Carta onward. The terrorists have already won the political and ideological war with one terrorist act. It is mindboggling that we are that weak as a society. Votes: 2

I don't think Donald Trump is ideological. Votes: 0

Advertisers are very wary of ideological media. Votes: 0

Demonisation is the ideological backbone of an unequal society. Votes: 0

The USA experiences the crisis of ideological and moral values. Votes: 0

For me, photography must be visual, rather than intellectual and ideological. Votes: 0

Congress is my ideological home; I come from a Nehruvian family. Votes: 0

It's not ideological to ask someone to stick to the question presented. Votes: 0

Giving votes in exchange for ideological support. To wit: identity politics for homosexuals. Votes: 0

I'm not a particularly ideological person. There's things, some values I feel passionately about. Votes: 0

... an era of turmoil and ideological confusion, the principal phenomenon of the present age. Votes: 0

An important thing to remember about the press is there is no ideological bias Votes: 0

Dogmatic ideological parties tend to splinter the political and social fabric of a nation. Votes: 0

One simply turns to the ideological vending machine, and out comes the prepared formulae. Votes: 0

The ugliness of the ideological lies in its legitimating the pursuit of the trivial. Votes: 0

I joined the party because I was a revolutionary, not because of any ideological nonsense. Votes: 0

To suggest that conservatives have a monopoly on hate is an ideological mugging of reality. Votes: 0

There ought to be a robust, uninhibited conversation in black America with different black ideological perspectives. Votes: 0

A continuum links peaceful law-abiding ideological Muslims at one end and murderous jihadists at the other. Votes: 0

Radicals don't care about the institutions. They are looking for an ideological crusade. Traditions don't matter. Votes: 0

We all have some ideological quotient in ourselves. And I think it does guide who we are. Votes: 0

When we think about global warming at all, the arguments tend to be ideological, theological and economic. Votes: 0

Specialization breeds biases that ultimately aggregate as international and ideological discord, which, in turn, leads to war. Votes: 0

Autocratic leadership existed in Russia for many centuries, changing only its ideological colors and method of legitimization. Votes: 0

How did we let an ideological resistance to inquiry become such a prominent part of our society? Votes: 0

You can be an extreme materialist, thinking that economic development ultimately determines everything; then you are truly ideological. Votes: 0

Instead of ideological objectives of a political nature, today we are faced with ideological objectives of economic nature. Votes: 0

Religion is dogmatic. Politic is ideological. Reason must be logical, but literature has a privilege of being equivocal. Votes: 0

They have done this through sexual repression, economic repression, political repression, social repression, ideological repression and spiritual repression. Votes: 0

Because of my medical and ideological training, I am accustomed to saying that life is adaptation and symbiosis. Votes: 0

Once you subscribe to an ideological dogma as a solution to certain grievances, it then frames your mindset. Votes: 0

the very notion of blindness about color constitutes an ideological confusion at best, and denial at its very worst. Votes: 0

I don't back down. I don't cave when the pressure gets too great from these partisan political ideological forces. Votes: 0

The Arab Spring has heightened the ideological tension between Ankara and Tehran, and Turkey's model seems to be winning. Votes: 0

The worst thing that can happen to us in an ideological struggle is to become what we are fighting. Votes: 0

In a society of ideological believers, nothing is more ridiculous than the individual who doubts and does not conform. Votes: 0

The professional study of economics has become ideological brainwashing. It is a defense of the excesses of the capitalist system. Votes: 0

If the [Republican] party wants to have an ideological debate, it's never going to win anything in a major way. Votes: 0

Never before in the history of the modern research university have entire departments and fields been devoted to purely ideological pursuits. Votes: 0

[Photography] puts a human face on issues which, from afar, can appear abstract or ideological or monumental in their global impact. Votes: 0

If you mention any ideological thing about shooting Last Tango in Paris, I was thinking I was doing a political film. Votes: 0

Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination. Votes: 0

The premise of my book is that everyone is a bit ideological to some extent. Everyone comes from a ideological perspective. Votes: 0

An ideological certification to make sure that those we are admitting to our country share our values and love our people. Votes: 0

The social repression and ideological repression of women began with depriving them of education, political decisiveness, mobility and essentially creating sexual slavery. Votes: 0

Idleness leads to relaxation, sooner or later bringing about ideological and material corruption, accompanied by lack of discipline, anarchy chaos and defeat. Votes: 0

The social repression and ideological repression of women began with depriving them of education, political decisiveness, mobility and essentially creating sexual slavery. Votes: 0

Religious fundamentalism, even before it eliminates human beings by perpetrating horrendous killings, eliminates God himself, turning him into a mere ideological pretext. Votes: 0

Russians clearly perceive America's global influence as being in irreversible decline and American society shattered by major political, economic and ideological crises. Votes: 0

Totalitarian rule marks the sharpest contrast imaginable with political rule, and ideological thinking is an explicit and direct challenge to political thinking. Votes: 0

If you mention any ideological thing about shooting 'Last Tango in Paris,' I was thinking I was doing a political film. Votes: 0

If George Bush can't get along with Stephen Harper, he can't get along with any world leader. They're ideological cousins, if not twins. Votes: 0

We cannot hope to win the ideological battle against Islam without criticism of Islam, it is essential that we continue to criticize Islam. Votes: 0

My exile was not only a physical one, motivated exclusively by political reasons; it was also a moral, social, ideological and sexual exile. Votes: 0

This is the first time in my 32 years in public broadcasting that PBS has ordered up programs for ideological instead of journalistic reasons. Votes: 0

In addition to the decline in competition, American politics today is characterized by a growing ideological polarization between the two major political parties. Votes: 0

A cultural shift is not always an ideological one - or at least not always the one you imagine. Our norms are always evolving. Votes: 0

I just don't think I'm an ideological filmmaker in any way. I don't know how anyone could see anything I've done and see that. Votes: 0

My friend Ronald Gottesman says...that the cause of all our trouble is the belief in an essential, pure identity: religious, ethnic, historical, ideological. Votes: 0

The current demoralization of the art world is attributable at least in part to museum interference, ideological and practical, with ongoing creation in art. Votes: 0

One way ... in which a political philosophy can be ideological is by presenting a relatively marginal issue as if it were central and essential. Votes: 0

Our struggle was political, ideological and economic, and we felt we couldn't make something of ourselves unless we bettered society. We saw the two together. Votes: 0

Exhilarating. Radical Grace moved me to tears with its portrayal of good people putting their beliefs into action in ways that transcend all ideological boundaries. Votes: 0

In a way I'm almost more rueful about the notion of having a non-ideological Labour party than I am about the personality of Tony Blair. Votes: 0

Regimes like the one in Russia are stabilized by the fact that they have no ideology. There is really no ideological means to attack them. Votes: 0

The Chinese government is quickly losing its ideological legitimacy, maintain its rule with force, but cannot draw strength from the ideology of Marx and Mao. Votes: 0

Academics are mostly professionals, involved in their work and other concerns of their own, with no particular interest in the workings of the ideological system. Votes: 0

The American people deserve truthfulness, not more political campaigning. The American people deserve a responsible government that seeks to address their needs, not more ideological dogma. Votes: 0

Unlike Washington, which is stuck in ideological gridlock, Americans feel the impact of climate change in their own hometowns and they know something must be done. Votes: 0

We see pluralism: We can see that there are different ideological and political positions in Russia. If the authoritarianism finally ends, we will have real competition. Votes: 0

The stage of the development of the productive forces determines the political and ideological superstructure of society which are crystallized into a system of social organization. Votes: 0

A crucial contribution to the ideological argument ...it provides a vital part of the intellectual manifesto on which the battle for a better society can be fought Votes: 0

Many in Taiwan believe that Hu Jintao is much more sophisticated than his predecessors in understanding Taiwan. He represents a different generation of leaders, more pragmatic, less ideological. Votes: 0

It is almost impossible to convince people who are under the influence of ideological bigotry that whose whom they regard as belonging to the enemy species are human. Votes: 0

At its most basic, the allure of fundamentalism, whether religious or ideological, liberal or conservative, is that it provides an appealing order to things that are actually disorderly. Votes: 0

"The people" aren't running anything. That's why technology has replaced politics as the source of ideology. The ideological claims are hollow and absurd, and nobody believes them anymore. Votes: 0

If we act together on the drug problem, with a comprehensive vision devoid of ideological or political biases, we will be able to prevent much harm and violence! Votes: 0

My libertarian beliefs have not always served me well. Like most people who hold strong ideological convictions, I find that, too often, my beliefs trump the scientific facts. Votes: 0

I'm a fuzzy-headed warm-hearted liberal, and I think fuzzy-headed warm-hearted liberalism is an ideological stance that needs defending-if necessary, with a hob-nailed boot-kick to the bollocks of budding totalitarianism. Votes: 0

ISIS simply do not have ideological, theological, or popular support. And this is a criminal organization that is funding their criminality with things like drug trade and selling oil. Votes: 0

You need to form a grand coalition, and you need to put your ideological differences aside and work together to focus on people's basic needs. You can't eat sharia. Votes: 0

America is a simplified ideological abstraction, an emotive symbol represented by other abstract symbols like the flag. It is the object of a faithlike devotion, unencumbered by honest history. Votes: 0

I think subsuming political and economic conflicts into some grand 'clash of civilisations' theory or 'the West versus the rest' binary is a particularly insidious form of ideological deception. Votes: 0

Jews were, are, and will remain ideological dope dealers smart enough not to smoke their own stash. They sell equality heroin to you, but they never inject it themselves. Votes: 0

It is hard to see Judge Roberts as a judicial activist who would place ideological purity or a particular agenda above or ahead the need for thoughtful legal reasoning. Votes: 0

If men like [Ken] Starr and his allies could ignore the Constitution and abuse power for ideological and malicious ends to topple a President, I feared for my country. Votes: 0

Vladimir Putin wants practical things, like the end of economic sanctions, but he also wants far greater sway in Europe and in the overall ideological trends of the world. Votes: 0

If you understand liberals at all, you know that they'll never agree to market-based solutions for ideological reasons and because an expanding dependency class is their most essential power source. Votes: 0

I think it's always dangerous to make political arguments in a religiously ideological way. And it's very dangerous to treat as traitors to the American nation those who think differently. Votes: 0

The resistance of policy-makers to intelligence is not just founded on an ideological presupposition. They distrust intelligence sources and intelligence officials because they don't understand what the real problems are. Votes: 0

You can be completely opposed to an ideological position, and I'm certainly not close to Aznar's ideas, however he was elected by the Spanish people and I demand that respect. Votes: 0

If journalism is the first draft of history, then talk radio provides an early glimpse into how the meaning of political events will be spun for ideological and partisan purposes. Votes: 0

What is it about this ideological dream of the right to bear arms that overrides any other rights, I mean the rights to not have your children killed at school? Votes: 0

I've read books in school that were written by ideological rote - they were brainwashers. Therefore, any art, any literature, that has a clearly defined political goal is repellent to me. Votes: 0

We must clearly see that international hostile forces are intensifying the strategic plot of Westernizing and dividing China, and ideological and cultural fields are the focal areas of their long-term infiltration. Votes: 0

Senator Obama voted against Justice Breyer and Justice Roberts on the grounds that they didn't meet his ideological standards. That's not the way we should judge these nominees. Elections have consequences. Votes: 0

The more the concept of reason becomes emasculated, the more easily it lends itself to ideological manipulation and to propagation of even the most blatant lies. ... Subjective reason conforms to anything. Votes: 0

The classic rule of thumb is that if you are an intellectual ideological magazine, you do better in opposition than you do if your views are reflected by people in power. Votes: 0

Nigerian politics has been, since the military dictatorships, largely non-ideological. Rather than a battle of ideas, it is about who can pump in the most money and buy the most access. Votes: 0

I believe that we're in an ideological struggle; I believe the only way to marginalize those who murder the innocent, to achieve our ideological objectives, is to spread democracy and freedom. Votes: 0

This is ideological colonization. They colonize people with ideas that try to change mentalities or structures, but this is not new. This was done by the dictatorships of the last century. Votes: 0

People do not only live on interests; they also live on beliefs, especially in very ideological areas. Unless you understand the ideological aspect of the region, you cannot understand what is happening. Votes: 0

Relations of production are first reproduced by the materiality of the processes of production and circulation. But it should not be forgotten that ideological relations are immediately present in these same processes. Votes: 0

Most days I struggle just to be accepted into the camp of plain old feminists. This is mainly because I am not by nature ideological and generally suspicious of people who are. Votes: 0

Most elected officials cling to their ideological biases, despite the real-world facts that disprove their theories time and again. Most have no common sense, and most never acknowledge that they were wrong. Votes: 0

From imperial, economic and ideological causes, many cultures are the inheritors, and hence the prisoners, of attitudes of scorn and disdain for other faiths "“ outlooks which are not ennobling to anyone. Votes: 0

Our political parties exist for no other reason than to win power; they are not ideological debating societies designed to present a particular political philosophy and to persuade voters to accept it. Votes: 0

I think people have to set up little battles. They have to demonize people whom they disagree with or feel threatened by. But it's the ideological framing of the debate that scares me. Votes: 0

What is surprising is that their ideological opponents, the Marxists - the anti-liberals, the representatives of the oppressed working classes - believed in progress with at least as much passion as the liberals. Votes: 0

In recent years, even as the court has become an increasingly political body, the Senate is not focused on preserving any perceived ideological balance when Democrat presidents have appointed people to the court. Votes: 0

The significance of feminist movement (when it is not co-opted by opportunistic, reactionary forces) is that it offers a new ideological meeting ground for the sexes, a space for criticism, struggle, and transformation. Votes: 0

The fact that evil exists in the world bothers me. I think that people do terrible things for ideological or political reasons. I think that evil stems from ideology. People are taught to hate. Votes: 0

As young people make diverse claims on the promise of a radical democracy, articulating what a fair and just world might be, they are increasingly met with forms of physical, ideological and structural violence. Votes: 0

President Nixon in his inaugural address indicated that he wanted an era of negotiation. Our reasoning was that whatever our ideological differences, whatever our geopolitical differences, we were condemned to coexistence by nuclear weapons. Votes: 0

If you can educate Muslims about their biggest enemy, and if you can solve the problem, the ideological problem, it doesn't give an immediate result, but it's the best thing over the long term. Votes: 0

Year after year, an ideological and economic barrier hardened between our two countries, meanwhile, the Cuban exile community in the United States made enormous contributions to our country, in politics, in business, culture and sports. Votes: 0

Knowing how to do things not just with the head, but with the hands as well: this might seem a programmatic and ideological goal. It is not. It is a way of safeguarding creative freedom. Votes: 0

You can be a fanatical millennialist religious mystic, and you are, in a certain way, not outside of ideology. Your position can be that of perfectly describing the data and nonetheless your point is ideological. Votes: 0

I'm a storyteller. I feel like the issue of discourse is an important one because there's a lot of political and ideological discourse that goes around, and we relate to that on an intellectual level. Votes: 0

We conservatives can win the ideological battles on a level playing field. Our ideas are better. Given fair elections based on contributions from regular voters, instead of $100,000 checks from business-as-usual special interests, we will prevail. Votes: 0