The primary values of each quadrant should be supported by the others, as we look for representatives in each quadrant who promote reasonable solutions, not focusing on the most ridiculous extremes of each quadrant.
Democrats (promoting government social services)
Republicans (promoting business productivity and meritocracy)
Libertarians (promoting individual freedom)
Greens (promoting social justice and healthy ecology)
The following quotes may be relatable to people from any quadrant:
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Repeat of Quadrants Content
This section repeats the writing in the quadrants, for any who have difficulty reading in that format. Groups are presented in order of political party size.
Auth-Left Quadrant
"When I give food to the poor, they call me a saint. When I ask why they are poor, they call me a communist." – Hélder Pessoa Câmara
Why are there forty million poor people in America?” … the capitalistic economy…“Who owns the oil?”…“Who owns the iron ore?” “Why is it that people have to pay water bills in a world that is two-thirds water?” – MLK Jr.
Auth-Right Quadrant
“There are no solutions, there are only trade-offs; and you try to get the best trade-off you can get, that's all you can hope for.” – African American economist Thomas Sowell
"I have never understood why it is 'greed' to want to keep the money you have earned but not 'greed' to want to take somebody else's money." – Thomas Sowell
Lib-Right Quadrant
“A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take everything you have.” – Gerald Ford
"Progressivism: Ideas so good they have to be mandatory." – Andrew Wilkow
"They who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." – Ben Franklin
Lib-left Quadrant
“You do not have to be me in order for us to fight alongside each other. I do not have to be you to recognize that our wars are the same. What we must do is commit ourselves to some future that can include each other and to work toward that future with the particular strengths of our individual identities. And in order for us to do this, we must allow each other our differences at the same time as we recognize our sameness.” – Audre Lorde