“If people are determined to be outraged, they will be outraged.”

2010s, Identity politics (2018)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "If people are determined to be outraged, they will be outraged." by Daniel Hannan?
Daniel Hannan photo
Daniel Hannan 24
British politician 1971

Related quotes

John Banville photo

“I like to dress conservatively because then the outrageous things you say are even more outrageous.”

John Banville (1945) Irish writer

John Banville: Who cares whodunnit? (2013)

James Inhofe photo

“I'm probably not the only one up at this table that is more outraged by the outrage than we are by the treatment.”

James Inhofe (1934) American politician

regarding Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse, quoted in [2004-05-12, GOP senator labels abused prisoners 'terrorists', CNN, http://articles.cnn.com/2004-05-11/politics/inhofe.abuse_1_naked-prisoners-iraqi-prisoners-james-inhofe]

Mencius photo

“He who outrages benevolence is called a ruffian: he who outrages righteousness is called a villain.”

Mencius (-372–-289 BC) Chinese philosopher

1B:8, In relation to righteousness and the overthrow of the tyrannous King Zhou of Shang, as translated in China (1904) by Sir Robert Kennaway Douglas, p. 8
Variant translations:
The ruffian and the villain we call a mere fellow. I have heard of killing the fellow Chou; I have not heard of killing a king.
As translated in Free China Review, Vol. 5 (1955)
I have merely heard of killing a villain Zhou, but I have not heard of murdering the ruler.
1B:8 as translated by Wing-tsit Chan in A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy (1963), p. 78
The Mencius
Context: He who outrages benevolence is called a ruffian: he who outrages righteousness is called a villain. I have heard of the cutting off of the villain Chow, but I have not heard of the putting of a ruler to death.

Lady Gaga photo

“I don’t consider my own clothing to be outrageous… The truth is that people just don’t have the same references that I do. To me it’s very beautiful and it’s art, and to them it’s outrageous and crazy.”

Lady Gaga (1986) American singer, songwriter, and actress

Lady Gaga, in V Magazine http://www.vmagazine.com/fashion_article.php?n=13327.

Kurt Vonnegut photo
Ralph Nader photo

“Congress... has become a secret tyrannical bastion of Wall Street, and that outrages people...”

Ralph Nader (1934) American consumer rights activist and corporate critic

"How The Rats Reformed The Congress" (2018)

Charles Fort photo

“The outrageous is the reasonable, if introduced politely.”

Charles Fort (1874–1932) American writer

Source: The Book of The Damned (1919), Ch. 2, part 2 at resologist.net

Paul Simon photo
Fred Hoyle photo

“When I was young, the old regarded me as an outrageous young fellow, and now that I'm old the young regard me as an outrageous old fellow.”

Fred Hoyle (1915–2001) British astronomer

As quoted in Scientific American (March 1995)

Related topics