“The politics of the unpolitical—these are the politics of those who desire to be pure in heart: the politics of men without personal ambition; of those who have not desires wealth or an unequal share of worldly possessions; of those who have always striven, whatever their race or condition, for human values and not for national or sectional interests. For our Western world, Christ is the supreme example of this unselfish devotion to the good of humanity, and the Sermon on the Mount is the source of all the politics of the unpolitical.”
“The Politics of the Unpolitical,” To Hell with Culture (1963), p. 38
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Source: Democracy for the Few (2010 [1974]), sixth edition, Chapter 12, p. 203
Alleged source is unkown. There are very few references to this quote in the internet, but early quotes can be found on twitter Tweet from 2010 https://twitter.com/karow55/status/24586690041. Brazillian writer Rodrigo Constantino cited it in the book "Prisioneiros da liberdade", page 157, without giving any further references. It may very well be a misquote from Plato's Republic Book 1, 347-C: "Good men are unwilling to rule, either for money's sake or for honour.... So they must be forced to consent under threat of penalty.... The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself."
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“Radio, a job for those who have deep passion in the soul and desire to share emotions.”
Original: (it) La radio, un lavoro per chi ha profonda passione nell'anima e voglia di condividere emozioni.
Source: prevale.net
"Thinking for Oneself" http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/s/schopenhauer/arthur/essays/chapter8.html
Essays
Fourth State of the Union Address (6 December 1880)
“Those who desire to be men in truth”
Source: Guide for the Perplexed (c. 1190), Part III, Ch.8
Context: Those who desire to be men in truth, and not brutes, having only the appearance and shape of men, must constantly endeavor to reduce the wants of the body, such as eating, love, drinking, anger, and all manners originating in lust and passion; they must feel ashamed of them and set limits to them for themselves.
Source: Statement to an Indiana Regiment passing through Washington (17 March 1865); The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln Volume VIII
Pages 18-19.
The Case for Democracy (2004, with Ron Dermer)
Political Theology (1922), Preface to Second Edition (1934)