Start your own revolution, cut out the middleman In a perfect world we’d all sing in tune But this is reality so give me some room So join the struggle while you may The Revolution is just a t-shirt away
BILLY BRAGGThe key to it has to be some sort of proportional representation, which allows there to be more parties.
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There are quite a few honest songwriters out there writing about relationships and their own personality traits. But for some reason, once they step out of the bedroom, their honesty doesn’t seem to come with them.
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Part of the problem with some elements of the European debate is that they hanker for the days when we were a great power. Those days are gone, and they went a long time ago.
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The key to it has to be some sort of proportional representation, which allows there to be more parties.
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It’s like being stung by a bee and going out and smashing up a beehive, and thinking you’ve solved the problem. There are more beehives out there; more bees will come. But they’re bees. They’re not grizzly bears.
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All the great political music was made at the height of political confrontations.
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A patriot is someone who cares what happens in their country.
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Baptists burn more slowly.
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Mixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is / I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses.
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If we accuse Trump of being a liar, he won’t just say ‘I never said that’ or just ignore it and go on to the next thing.
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Without accountability, there can be no freedom. I know it seems like a paradox.
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I’d like to think that in a generation or two we’ll have politicians whose life experience reflects that of the people who are voting for them.
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Certainly, the international image of the United States today is a lot less positive than 10 years ago. And that really shouldn’t be, because you have been the victims of this awful terrorist attack, and I think America deserves the sympathy of the world.
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I think if you’re going to make political art, you have to engage at some level. You can’t just write about politics, you have to try and be politics as well.
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What corporations fear most are consumers who ask questions. Naomi Klein offers us the arguments with which to take on the superbrands.
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We’ve heard so much about the American dream: well, Trump is the American nightmare made flesh.
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