323 Quotes About Ideology

A political programme can never in reality be more than probably right. We never know all the facts about the present and we can only guess the future. To attach to a party programme--whose highest real claim is to reasonable prudence--a sort of assent which we should reserve for demonstrable theorems, is a kind of intoxication.

At this point we reach the supreme irony of how ideology functions today: it appears precisely as its own opposite, as a radical critique of ideological utopias.The predominant ideology today is not a positive vision of some utopian future but a cynical resignation, an acceptance of how 'the world really is’, accompanied by a warning that, if we want to change it (too much), only totalitarian horror can ensue.

[W]henever we heard an unflattering portrait of our own side our first question to ourselves was not “Is this true?” but “What are they trying to hide about themselves by accusing us of this?” Once this mental defense system had been perfected, few criticisms could hit home.

Hâkim sınıfın olmadığı ülkelerde, başka toplumlardan ideolojiler toplumun hâkim düşüncesini belirler.

What this world needs is a new kind of patriotism - patriotism not for a nation or religion or ideology - but for the whole of humankind.

You had to be there to see what it looked like. They live in a dream, and we live in a nightmare.

White supremacy, misogyny, and all the ideologies that create "the other" are at once superficial and incredibly rooted within us. (A Critique of Ally Politics)

Your ideology is the only thing that will be alive even after your death. You will be remembered for it. Your divine faith is your ideology. And don't change it for anybody, never ever do it forcefully. You can redesign it when you, yourself, find a flaw or a necessity to bring a change. Then do that happily.

Od samego początku, gdy tylko partia zagarnęła władzę nad Polską, Gomułka szukał swojej drogi. Właśnie samo poszukiwanie najbardziej odróżniało go od myślącej jak wspólna masa reszty towarzyszy. Przez pomyłkę można by nawet pomyśleć, że Gomułka był demokratą. Nic jednak bardziej błędnego. Był komunistą. Bezgranicznie przekonanym do swojej idei. Z natury dobrym człowiekiem, który uważa, że wie lepiej od innych, co dla nich dobre.