Clare-Hope Ashitey Quotes

Nobody does more identity politics than Donald Trump.

There is a national climate here. We're seeing a rise in hate speech, in intolerance, in racism, in division.

As people get more desperate, history suggests that they're not going to rise in a mighty proletarian tidal wave and wash away their oppressors. They're gonna turn on each other.

Judging from the main portions of the history of the world, so far, justice is always in jeopardy.

Man has set man against man, Washed against unwashed.

Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob, and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.

The history of most countries has been that of majorities—mounted majorities, clad in iron, armed with death, treading down the tenfold more numerous minorities.

There is a hate layer of opinion and emotion in America. There will be other McCarthys to come who will be hailed as its heroes.

The thing worse than rebellion is the thing that causes rebellion

We have reached a crises in the history of this country when no man, however humble his rank or limited his influence, has a right to stand neutral..

History shows that populism polarizes society, weakens economies, and undermined representative democracy.

Every day is morning in Trump's America!

As long as inequality and other social problems plague us, populists will try to exploit them.

I think the Brexit vote in Great Britain informing this populist movement of nationalism is kind of a global thing, and I think it's no particular political party's fault. People have been left behind, and in America, we're used to going forward. It's always like we're going to be better; the next generation's going to be better.

Without hesitation, I'm voting Emmanuel Macron. Everything about the campaign of Marine Le Pen, despite its dressing of sovereignty, exudes fear and weakness.

The Brexit and Trump phenomena are informed by similar forces and social and economic movements. I think it's been really stressful; it's been really scary.

The issue for me is not just Brexit. It is beyond Brexit - how you conduct politics and the veering towards populism and English nationalism.

The forces that precipitate the vicious cycle of conflict on this planet do not pledge allegiance to either the left or the right or the center. They take advantage of everyone.

The mishandling of the migration question in Europe has certainly created a very fertile ground for protest parties.

The lack of societal and institutional safeguards provides fertile ground for populist movements fueled by fear.

We have to look at levels of migration. We are in a world that is quite chaotic. Some people are really frightened about it. Some people are quite despairing. They don't believe our country is capable of providing a good quality of life. That feeds into why people voted Ukip and induces a culture of despair.

The two candidates have very different visions of America. Donald Trump's is very dark: Things are not going well. There are dark days ahead unless you make a change, and he's the one to fix it.

Politics now is fractured. The rising tide of nationalism and populism threatens to consume our politics. Whether it is Trump or Putin abroad, or Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage at home, our political order is increasingly dominated by forces that seek to divide us.

These are strange times. I'm 37 and this is the weirdest the world's ever felt. There's a right-wing, nationalistic anger sweeping through Europe and America.

I would delete Donald Trump. I would delete Hillary Clinton. I would delete the man who was responsible for Brexit.