Kathy Acker Quotes

The problem for the Left, however, is that the moment it stops painting the Right as vile, it has to argue the issues.

I hate Republicans and everything they stand for.

Well it's really hard to satisfy the right wing. I can tell you that.

Many conservative assumptions are made in reaction to liberal assumptions.

When I am asked whether the division between the left and the right still has any meaning, the first thought that comes to my mind is that the person who asks the question is not on the left.

British politics is more nuanced. Part of the problem with New Labour is that they are a moving target.

Time and time again, history has proved that the conservatives are right and the liberals are wrong.

I vote Labour and can't begin to acknowledge anything good that comes from a Tory.

The Democratic party has gone so far to the left that people just can't relate to it anymore and the Republican party is trying to go totally to the right.

As in nature, politics abhors a vacuum. Without a strong voice for more moderate leadership, the Tea Party is filling that vacuum.

Conservatives define themselves more by their hatred of liberals than anything else, and, conversely, liberals by their distaste for conservatives.

I made friends with a boy who was a communist when I was 13 and that broadened my political views, but it also brought me into conflict with my father who was very Right-wing.

The problem is that the right doesn't need any ideas to govern, but the left can't govern without ideas.

Unquestionably, American political rhetoric can be repugnant, and the Right can certainly be as guilty as the Left.

It's not politically incorrect to say you're Republican or conservative.

Left-wing confusion spawns right-wing reaction.

I don’t think America really has a left wing. The American left wing would fit very comfortably in the center or center right of most European political spectrums.

I have been amazed to see how unrealistic are the bases for political opinion in general. Only rarely have I found a person who has chosen any particular political party—democratic or totalitarian—through study and comparison of principles.

The dilemma of modern progressive politics is that you are always fighting on two fronts: The conservatives on the right, and the conservatives on the left.

To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil.

I don't believe just because you're a conservative that you're angry.

I'm used to the Right being singled out by the entertainers.

Senator Brown and I have different philosophies as represented in our different ratings: I am a conservative, and he is a liberal.

I'm sorry, you leftists: you're not the only people whose motives are pure.

There's an ideological belief on the left that you should not use nonpartisan tools.