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Satirical lines on politics, persuasion, and weak ideas

These quotes take a satirical jab at political discourse, joking about which side sells its ideas better regardless of whether the ideas are actually bad.

Last Updated on Aug 01, 2026

Bad
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Nov 07, 2020

One problem with globalisation is that bad ideas seem to travel faster than good ones; first there was smearing tomato ketchup on everything; then drinking sugar-soaked cocktails ('Cosmo'-politanism) instead of our traditional whisky soda, and now this idea that we should abandon the poor to their fate in order to protect their dignity.

Quotes by Abhijit Banerjee

Good
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Nov 07, 2020

Good and bad ideas both come from the same fountain of speculation and experiment.

Quotes by Shaun Tan

Ideas
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Nov 07, 2020

Republicans have nothing but bad ideas and Democrats have no ideas.

Quotes by Lewis Black

Bad
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Nov 07, 2020

As Oscar Wilde should have said, when bad ideas have nowhere else to go, they emigrate to America and become university courses.

Quotes by Frederic Raphael

Good
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Nov 07, 2020

The left is really good at selling bad ideas and the right is really bad at selling good ideas.

Quotes by Dan Crenshaw

Head
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Nov 07, 2020

Usually after finishing a novel, I have a head full of bad ideas for the next one.

Quotes by Charles McCarry

Democrats
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Nov 07, 2020

Democrats have bad ideas and Republicans have no ideas.

Quotes by Ben Sasse

Better
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Nov 07, 2020

In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.

Quotes by Alfred Whitney Griswold

Better
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Nov 07, 2020

The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.

Quotes by Alfred Whitney Griswold

One line even claims good and bad ideas share the same origin in speculation and experiment, suggesting the line between them is thinner than it seems.

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