Modern Political Thought

Famous quotes containing the words modern, political and/or thought:

“A modern author would have died in infancy in a ruder age.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

“Modern equalitarian societies ... whether democratic or authoritarian in their political forms, always base themselves on the claim that they are making life happier.... Happiness thus becomes the chief political issue—in a sense, the only political issue—and for that reason it can never be treated as an issue at all.”
—Robert Warshow (1917–1955)

“Nothing that has been thought can ever be taken back.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)