Ever since then I have known that if all the values in this world are more or less questionable, the most important thing in life is kindness.
Yevgeny YevtushenkoRead
Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals fall out among themselves?
Interpretation
What this quote means
The quote highlights the unity of right-wing individuals compared to the division often found among liberals.
Yevgeny Yevtushenko's quote addresses the tendency of conservative individuals to present a strong front in political and social matters, contrasting it with the fragmentation and disagreements that frequently occur within liberal factions. This observation reflects the broader dynamics of political solidarity and internal conflict, suggesting a critique of the effectiveness of liberal collaboration.
Themes
PoliticsDivisionUnityLiberalsConservatives
In practice
Example use cases
In a discussion on political activism, one could use this quote to illustrate the differences in unity between political ideologies.
More from Yevgeny Yevtushenko
All quotes βSorrow happens, hardship happens, the hell with it, who never knew the price of happiness, will not be happy.
Yevgeny YevtushenkoRead
A poet's autobiography is his poetry. Anything else can only be a footnote.
Yevgeny YevtushenkoRead
In my blood there is no Jewish blood. In their callous rage, all anti-Semites must hate me now as a Jew. For that reason I am a true Russian.
Yevgeny YevtushenkoRead
Those who are used to a cage will weep for a cage.
Yevgeny YevtushenkoRead
Unfortunately justice is the train that's nearly always late.
Yevgeny YevtushenkoRead
Similar quotes
Ours is a system of corporate socialism, where companies capitalize their profits and socialize their lossesβ¦in effect, they tax you for their accidents, bungling, boondoggles, and mismanagement, just like a government. We should be able to deselect them.
Ralph NaderRead
Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It's self-defense. It's patriotism.
Joe BidenRead
Much of political decision-making concentrates power in the hands of those already inside the circle, who tend to be men. Excluding women may not be the intention, but when they are not invited into the room where decisions are made, you can see how it happens.
Jo SwinsonRead
I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.
Alexander WoollcottRead
It is often suggested that the A.N.C. is controlled by the Communist Party, by Communists. Well, I have been long enough in the A.N.C. to know that that has never been true.
Oliver TamboRead
Jerusalem is united, will never be divided again.
Yitzhak RabinRead