Ideological Quotes

Communism has established centers of infection.

We are not communists.

The ideological posturing, moral nitpicking, and clique formation that occur in places such as academic Twitter have more to do with crafting a scene than building a movement. And scholars, of all people, should be able to recognize these dynamics, call them into question, and make more reasonable decisions about how to engage with their colleagues, whether in agreement or debate.

Men love their ideas more than their lives. And the more preposterous the idea, the more eager they are to die for it. And to kill for it.

Ideology... is a kind of contemporary mythology, a realm which has purged itself of ambiguity and alternative possibility.

In truth, ideology has very little to do with 'consciousness', even supposing this term to have an unambiguous meaning. It is profoundly unconscious, even when it presents itself in a reflected form.

For the Left, when ideology and reality conflict, ideology must win.

The real battlefield is the realm of ideas.

Trump is, to some extent, redefining what we think of as polarization in this country. Where polarization has been seen as ideological, it is now being seen almost as behavioral.

Romney is an accomodationist technocrat who is an ideological pretzel of a man.