I would rather contend with an honest asshole than a duplicitous diplomat.

If your political theory requires humanity to "evolve", then you do not have a theory.

Neither money or the state are the 'root of all evil', as both are human constructs. The 'root' of all human constructs are, well, humans, the only real source of evil.

Politicians are interested in the health of the people like predators savor live prey.

Tyrants are obvious, and easy to identify. It is the well entrenched and corrupt establishment that is truly insidious.

For 70 years Democrats bitterly denied being "socialists". Bernie Sanders has done the service of exposing them.

Politics is the art of persuasion. Good ideas die because due to a lack of charisma or character.