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Your politcal philosophy.

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Here's what some important people have had to say. Do you agree?

"Those that would give up essential liberty for a little temporary safety deserve neither."

77% (14) I agree
11% (2) I disagree
11% (2) Too complicated

18 voters have answered this question.

"It would, methinks, become all men to maintain peace and the common offices of humanity and friendship in the diversity of opinions, since we cannot reasonably expect that any one should readily and obsequiously quit his own opinion, and embrace ours with a blind resignation to an authority which the understanding of man acknowledges not."

58% (10) I agree
5% (1) I disagree
35% (6) Too complicated

17 voters have answered this question.

"Man is naturally good, and only by institutions he is made bad."

29% (5) I agree
64% (11) I disagree
5% (1) Too complicated

17 voters have answered this question.

"The only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not sufficient warrant."

64% (11) I agree
29% (5) I disagree
5% (1) Too complicated

17 voters have answered this question.

"The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles."

29% (5) I agree
52% (9) I disagree
17% (3) Too complicated

17 voters have answered this question.

"The doom of a nation can be averted only by a storm of flowing passion, but only those who are passionate themselves can arouse passion in others."

58% (10) I agree
35% (6) I disagree
5% (1) Too complicated

17 voters have answered this question.

"Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off."

52% (9) I agree
29% (5) I disagree
17% (3) Too complicated

17 voters have answered this question.

"No government ever voluntarily reduces itself in size. Government programs, once launched, never disappear."

70% (12) I agree
17% (3) I diagree
11% (2) Too complicated

17 voters have answered this question.

"Every law is an infraction of liberty."

23% (4) I agree
76% (13) I disagree
0% (0) Too complicated

17 voters have answered this question.

"It is unnatural for a majority to rule, for a majority can seldom be organized and united for specific action, and a minority can."

18% (3) I agree
68% (11) I disagree
12% (2) Too complicated

16 voters have answered this question.

"Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world."

64% (11) I agree
17% (3) I diagree
17% (3) Too complicated

17 voters have answered this question.

"Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government."

43% (7) I agree
50% (8) I disagree
6% (1) Too complicated

16 voters have answered this question.

"During the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that conditions called war; and such a war, as if of every man, against every man."

20% (3) I agree
53% (8) I disagree
26% (4) Too complicated

15 voters have answered this question.

Here's a tough one: What do you think the PRIMARY value of a government should be?

31% (6) National Security
0% (0) Private Property
0% (0) An Increase in Prosperity
26% (5) Individual Freedom
0% (0) Education
42% (8) The General Welfare
0% (0) Economic Sustainablily
0% (0) Environmental Protection

19 voters have answered this question.

What do you think a government's LAST value should be? (All others at the expense of this)

0% (0) National Security
38% (7) Private Property
16% (3) An Increase in Prosperity
5% (1) Individual Freedom
5% (1) Education
11% (2) The General Welfare
5% (1) Economic Sustainablily
16% (3) Environmental Protection

18 voters have answered this question.

I consider myself:

0% (0) Anarchist
17% (3) Classic Liberal
0% (0) Neo-Liberal
17% (3) Pragmatist
47% (8) Conservative
5% (1) Neo-Conservative
5% (1) Progressive
5% (1) Socialist
0% (0) Internationalist

17 voters have answered this question.

If I had to vote for one of the following for President of the United States, RIGHT NOW, I would vote for...

63% (12) Ronald Reagan
36% (7) Bill Clinton

19 voters have answered this question.

This poll was created on 2007-11-12 17:09:31 by Cine-mon