Adam Curtis
Adam Curtis

I have a suspicion that the politicians' revival of the old behaviourist ideas and techniques will be helped and reinforced by a powerful ally - the machines we have built. The computers.

Adam Curtis
Adam Curtis

One of the main functions of politicians - and journalists - is to simplify the world for us.

Adam Hochschild
Adam Hochschild

As the First World War made painfully clear, when politicians and generals lead nations into war, they almost invariably assume swift victory, and have a remarkably enduring tendency not to foresee problems that, in hindsight, seem obvious.

Adam Hochschild
Adam Hochschild

Someday, I have no doubt, the dead from today's wars will be seen with a similar sense of sorrow at needless loss and folly as those millions of men who lie in the cemeteries of France and Belgium - and tens of millions of Americans will feel a similar revulsion for the politicians and generals who were so spendthrift with others' lives.

Adam Michnik
Adam Michnik

An ethical action, like an unethical action, is usually analyzed by politicians purely in pragmatic terms.

Adam Rickitt
Adam Rickitt

After believing in promises made and never fulfilled by Labour, people have become increasingly disenchanted with the process assuming that all politicians will say anything to gain power, and then never follow through.

Adi Godrej
Adi Godrej

There are too many politicians in the world and too few statesmen.

Adi Godrej
Adi Godrej

Politicians and bureaucrats must learn to stay away from the day-by-day functioning of business.

Afrika Bambaataa
Afrika Bambaataa

November is Hip-Hop History Month, where we give celebration to what hip hop has done to bring together people of the world, people of all nationalities, young people, all the political systems and politicians on the planet.

Akshaye Khanna
Akshaye Khanna

Some people bare their entire life on the Internet. There are politicians and actors, who like that. But there are some who don't want to do that.