“So put your costume on, honey! Ruby said. Set Harlequin free! That party monster of yours is screaming to come out. Let… — Tom Spanbauer Copy Share Image
What is supposed to happen in a democracy is that each sovereign citizen will always vote in the public interest for the… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Panem et Circenses" translates into 'Bread and Circuses.' The writer was saying that in return for full bellies and entertainment, his people… — Suzanne Collins Copy Share Image
We love against the night, burning like stars against the darkness of bread and circuses. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
That's a Roman concept where the government can do anything, as long as you give the people "bread and circuses." And I'd… — Ian MacKaye Copy Share Image
The Romans always wanted bread and circuses-food and entertainement! As we destroy their city, I will offer them both. Behold, a sample!"… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who… — Juvenal Copy Share Image
The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two… — Juvenal Copy Share Image
Our only political party has two right wings, one called Republican, the other Democratic. But Henry Adams figured all that out back… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
That soul-destroying, meaningless, mechanical, moronic work is an insult to human nature which must necessarily and inevitably produce either escapism or aggression,… — E. F. Schumacher Copy Share Image
Now that no one buys our votes, the public has long since cast off its cares; for the people that once bestowed… — Juvenal Copy Share Image
I hear an almost inaudible but pervasive discontent with the price we pay for our current materialism. And I hear a fluttering… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
What I may call the messages of Brave New World, but it is possible to make people contented with their servitude. I… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I read the Romans had bread and circuses. We had home relief and boxing. — Jake LaMotta Copy Share Image
The purpose of bread and circuses is, as Neil Postman said in his book Amusing Ourselves to Death, to distract, to divert… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
