"In every political community there are varying shades of political opinion. One of the shadiest of these is the liberals. An outspoken group on many subjects. Ten degrees to the left of center in good times. Ten degrees to the right of center if it affects them personally. Here, then, is a lesson in safe logic."

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Source : "Phil Ochs in Concert". Live album by Phil Ochs (introduction to the song "Love Me, I'm a Liberal"), March 1966.

Phil Ochs

#Community Quotes #Political Quotes #Degrees Quotes

“I haven't smoked ***** since I was at NYU,”
“I've totally learned in this process that 99% of the time, your gut is right, and you know what's right for you. I know exactly what's right for my career and for my art, and sometimes, even if the whole room is saying, 'Don't do that, don't do that,' you know that doing that is going to be good for you, in the long run.”
“Sometimes I think illness sits inside every woman, waiting for the right moment to bloom. I have known so many sick women all my life. Women with chronic pain, with ever-gestating diseases. Women with conditions. Men, sure, they have bone snaps, they have backaches, they have a surgery or two, yank out a tonsil, insert a shiny plastic hip. Women get consumed.”
“Any press is good press. So keep on ragging me.”
“The hardness of God is kinder than the softness of men, and His compulsion is our liberation.”
“The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober.”
“No man can really succeed if he doesn't move away from where he was born. I believe it is particularly true for the writer.”
“Allow God to continually soften your heart so that it beats for what his heart beats for - people.”

Source : FaceBook post by Christine Caine from Jun 22, 2016

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