„The real struggle is not between the right and the left — that's where most people assume — but it's between the party of the thoughtful and the party of the jerks. And no side of the political spectrum has a monopoly on either of those qualities.“

— Jimmy Wales, Context: Most people understand the need for neutrality. The real struggle is not between the right and the left — that's where most people assume — but it's between the party of the thoughtful and the party of the jerks. And no side of the political spectrum has a monopoly on either of those qualities. "How a ragtag band created Wikipedia" http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/37 - TED Talk (July 2005); this has sometimes appeared paraphrased as "The real struggle is not between the right and the left but between the party of the thoughtful and the party of the jerks."

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„Political distance among political parties of the right and left.“

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— Ali Al-Wardi Iraqi sociologist 1913 - 1995

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— Mao Zedong Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China 1893 - 1976

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— Michael Bloomberg American businessman and politician, former mayor of New York City 1942
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— Russell Jacoby American historian 1945
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Ch. XIV "The End of the Road", II

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