What Liberals Believe: The Best Progressive Quotes Ever

By William Patrick Martin

Book Overview

In a political and media environment dominated by conservative interests, liberals need every opportunity to be heard, without distortion and in their own words. What Liberals Believe fulfills this need by bringing together the largest collection of progressive quotations ever published. Compiled by William Martin from speeches, publications, books, blogs, and other sources, it offers wisdom and humor from the keenest progressive minds, both past and present, including Anna Quindlen, Frank Rich, Michael Moore, Oscar Wilde, Bill Clinton, Howard Dean, Rosa Parks, Barbara Ehrenreich, and John F. Kennedy. This one-of-a-kind book includes timely, insightful quotations covering hundreds of critical issues and even presents a chapter entitled "Callous and Clueless Quotes from the Right" to remind readers just how nasty and thuggish right-wing discourse has become. A perfect resource for writers, bloggers, researchers, activists, speechwriters, teachers, and students, What Liberals Believe will appeal to anyone who has grown weary of the extremism of the shameless right.

With a new, updated section reflecting the 2012 presidential season, this book contains everything you need to contextualize incumbent Barack Obama with what other liberals, past and present, believe. What Liberals Believe is an excellent resource to have on hand during the upcoming election.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616088834
• ISBN13: 9781616088835
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Length: 688 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Good Stuff

This is great resource for liberal minded people. One of the previous reviewers said he threw it out after the first page, and I'm suprised he really bought it at all. The title speaks for itself. If you have no stomach for liberal thought, don't buy this book and get Going Rogue instead.

I liked it!

Thousands of quotes that broaden my horizons regarding liberal thought. Liberal or conservative, you will find something you like in here.

Very complete collection of quotes. Great resource.

This book is a comprehensive collection of liberal quotes with a wide range of topics. Highly recommended.

I loved this but I am also a liberal

If you are a liberal (or slightly so) and enjoy quotations, then you'll probably enjoy this. Conservatives/Republicans will not enjoy this book at all. This is a nice little gift to give to a fellow liberal. It is nicely organized by topic so it's easy for the reader to find what they are looking for. The topics cover everything you can think of and the quotes come from some of the most famous Democrats and commentators to the less known. The quotes also vary from one liners to full paragraphs. Towards the end of the book are quotes from Republicans, but they focus on the ridiculous things that they have said. I really enjoyed this collection and I found a lot of quotes to annoy my republican friends with. I really think that only a liberal or democrat could enjoy this quotation collection.