I think the reason you see so many people dropping out of politics is because there's an anti-poetic strain in modern political discourse.
If those people in power never made any mistakes, we'd be done for as a democracy. But people keep making mistakes. History is a series of mistakes. - Zephyr Teachout
If those people in power never made any mistakes, we'd be done for as a democracy. But people keep making mistakes. History is a series of mistakes.
- Zephyr Teachout
I'm not from the arts, I'm a law professor. But I think we need more poetry in politics. - Zephyr Teachout
I'm not from the arts, I'm a law professor. But I think we need more poetry in politics.
Creativity is essential to any kind of joyful living. Sometimes I act, sometimes I draw, I paint, I write poems. I can't imagine living without it. - Zephyr Teachout
Creativity is essential to any kind of joyful living. Sometimes I act, sometimes I draw, I paint, I write poems. I can't imagine living without it.
There is a long American tradition of suspicion of concentrated economic power because of its tendency to corrupt government and turn it from a democ… - Zephyr Teachout
There is a long American tradition of suspicion of concentrated economic power because of its tendency to corrupt government and turn it from a democ…
One of the most dangerous things about Fox News isn't that it's right wing but that it's nihilistic. It takes away the capacity to believe in politic… - Zephyr Teachout
One of the most dangerous things about Fox News isn't that it's right wing but that it's nihilistic. It takes away the capacity to believe in politic…
Having more candidates come with a creative and artistic sensibility would actually bring more people out to vote. - Zephyr Teachout
Having more candidates come with a creative and artistic sensibility would actually bring more people out to vote.
Integrity is hard work. I do think the internet makes it harder because of the temptations of performance. You can perform and have integrity, but it… - Zephyr Teachout
Integrity is hard work. I do think the internet makes it harder because of the temptations of performance. You can perform and have integrity, but it…
Oftentimes people get it wrong when they say we need to educate voters first and then give them power. I tend to favor giving them power first. - Zephyr Teachout
Oftentimes people get it wrong when they say we need to educate voters first and then give them power. I tend to favor giving them power first.
A lot of politics plays at the level of myth, and if you understand that, then you feel like you have access to the secret language of politics. - Zephyr Teachout
A lot of politics plays at the level of myth, and if you understand that, then you feel like you have access to the secret language of politics.
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