War in the end is always about betrayal, betrayal of the young by the old, of soldiers by politicians, and of idealists… — Chris Hedges Anti war Copy Share Image
Of the past 3,400 years, humans have been entirely at peace for 268 of them, or just 8 percent of recorded history. — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
“The sweats teach you that you can’t carry grudges, you can’t carry hatred in your heart. It’ll make you sick, so you… — Chris Hedges Grudges Copy Share Image
Economics dominates politics - and with that domination comes different forms of ruthlessness. — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
“After years on a drunken bender, Americans are awakening to lies masked in patriotism and glory.” — Chris Hedges Patriotism Copy Share Image
Rape, mutilation, abuse, and theft are the natural outcome of a world in which force rules, in which human beings are objects. — Chris Hedges Abuse Copy Share Image
“the property that grounded the self in Romanticism was sincerity, and in modernism was authenticity, then in postmod ernism it is visibility.10” — Chris Hedges Authenticity Copy Share Image
We live in imaginary, virtual worlds created by corporations that profit from our deception. — Chris Hedges Corporations Copy Share Image
The greatest danger that besets us does not come from believers or atheists; it comes from those who, under the guise of… — Chris Hedges Atheist Copy Share Image
The enduring attraction of war is this: Even with its destruction and carnage it can give us what we long for in… — Chris Hedges Attraction Copy Share Image
“A culture that does not grasp the vital interplay between morality and power, which mistakes management techniques for wisdom, and fails to… — Chris Hedges Character Copy Share Image
“The fact that alienated people can be counted on to vent their spleen in ineffectual directions—by fighting among themselves—relieves the government of… — Chris Hedges Politics Copy Share Image
“The Democrats, fearful of his grassroots campaign, blamed him for the election of George W. Bush, an absurdity that found fertile ground… — Chris Hedges Democrats Copy Share Image
“The difficult task of learning how to make moral choices, how to accept personal responsibility, how to deal with the chaos of… — Chris Hedges Character Copy Share Image
The violence of war is random. It does not make sense. And many of those who struggle with loss also struggle with… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
It is the cult of self that is killing the United States. This cult has within it the classic traits of psychopaths:… — Chris Hedges Charm Copy Share Image
I do believe that the collapse of the traditional media is catastrophic for our democracy, but I wasn't about to mythologize it.… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
“We do have a grand strategy,” says Zeese, who was the spokesman for Ralph Nader’s 2004 presidential campaign. “Nonviolent movements shift power… — Chris Hedges Civil servants Copy Share Image
“The porn films are not about sex. Sex is airbrushed and digitally washed out of the films. There is no acting because… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
We are the most illusioned society on the planet. We have to become adults. And it's hard; it's painful. I struggle with… — Chris Hedges Absolutes Copy Share Image
“The women in porn plead to be abused. They call themselves whores and sluts. They are beaten and penetrated by groups of… — Chris Hedges Curse Copy Share Image
“Revolutions can even be faux revolutions when, through the careful manipulation of counterrevolutionary forces, they demand not reform but the restoration of… — Chris Hedges Israel Copy Share Image
“Ironically, the universities have trained hundreds of thousands of graduates for jobs that soon will not exist. They have trained people to… — Chris Hedges Graduation Copy Share Image
To emotionally accept impending disaster, to attain the gut-level understanding that the power elite will not respond rationally to the devastation of… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
There are always people willing to commit unspeakable human atrocity in exchange for a little power and privilege. — Chris Hedges Atrocities Copy Share Image
Violence is a disease, a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause. — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
“if we don’t rebel, if we’re not physically in an active rebellion, then it’s spiritual death.” — Chris Hedges Civil disobedience Copy Share Image
“Those who look at others as simple, one-dimensional caricatures fuel the rage of the dispossessed.” — Chris Hedges Caricatures Copy Share Image
Battling evil, cruelty, and injustice allows us to retain our identity, a sense of meaning, and ultimately our freedom. — Chris Hedges Cruelty Copy Share Image
Becoming vegan is the most important and direct change we can immediately make to save the planet and its species. — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
“Racism towards Muslims is as evil as anti-Semitism, but try to express this simple truth on a partisan Palestinian or Israeli website.” — Chris Hedges Anti semitism Copy Share Image
I don't fight fascists because I'll win. I fight fascists because they are fascists. — Chris Hedges Fascists Copy Share Image
“To be a rebel is to reject what it means to succeed in a capitalist, consumer culture, especially the idea that we… — Chris Hedges Rebel Copy Share Image
Unfettered capitalism is a revolutionary force that consumes greater and greater numbers of human lives until it finally consumes itself. — Chris Hedges Capitalism Copy Share Image
A society without the means to detect lies and theft soon squanders its liberty and freedom. — Chris Hedges Freedom Copy Share Image
“War is always about betrayal, betrayal of the young by the old, of idealists by cynics and of troops by politicians.” — Chris Hedges Betrayal Copy Share Image
It is one of the great ironies of corporate control that the corporate state needs the abilities of intellectuals to maintain power,… — Chris Hedges Ability Copy Share Image
The charade of politics is to make voters think that the personal narrative of the candidate affects the operation of the corporate… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
“You know, I come out of the church. I not only grew up in the church but graduated from seminary, and I… — Chris Hedges Religious Copy Share Image
It is better to be an outcast, a stranger in one’s own country, than an outcast from one’s self. It is better… — Chris Hedges Blind Copy Share Image
