323 Quotes About Ideology

Many societies that fell to historical tyranny have lacked moderates. Without people in the middle to challenge the most fringe plans of right or left, an entire society can be prone to veer too far in one direction and over an ideological cliff.

Every side attacks you when you don't take sides.

During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.

If you are able to learn with reason at hand and warmth in heart then you'll start to see the foulness of the primitive fantasies, such as nationalism, fundamentalism, elitism, intellectualism, anti-intellectualism and so on.

Freedom is that you harness from being a slave to the one you love.

...Society needs to open its collective mind to all ideas and ideologies. It needs to give its people the chance to listen to the opinions of others, and then examine them critically instead of rejecting them prematurely. Such a creative dialogue based on positive critical thinking can enhance and develop ideas.

In few places is there such a high concentration of hypocrisy as at a writer’s funeral.

Be wary of those propagating too much about liberty, ideology, and civility; they just might be oppressors in the making.

Ideology offers human beings the illusion of dignity and morals while making it easier to part with them.