One of the greatest gains of capitalism is that even the proletarian slave feels like a master. He believes he has the… — Renata Salecl Copy Share Image
A funny thing happened to the First Amendment on its way to the public forum. According to the Supreme Court, money is… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
It has been said that the United States was deceived into entering and expanding the Vietnam War by its own overoptimistic propaganda.… — Jonathan Schell Copy Share Image
All of our current environmental problems are unanticipated harmful consequences of our existing technology. There is no basis for believing that technology… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
The NGO-ization of politics threatens to turn resistance into a well-mannered, reasonable, salaried, 9-to-5 job. With a few perks thrown in. Real… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Mr. Obama plans to boost federal spending 25 percent while nearly tripling the national debt over 10 years. Americans know that this… — Karl Rove Copy Share Image
All that a good government aims at... is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable… — James F. Cooper Copy Share Image
Whatever evils either reason or declamation have imputed to extensive empire, the power of Rome was attended with some beneficial consequences to… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Take, say, the solidarity movement in Central America, which I think is what you probably had in mind. To a large extent,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Of this I am certain, that no one has ever died who was not destined to die some time. Now the end… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
Gratitude is not a spiritual or moral dessert which we may take or push away according to the whims of the moment,… — Noel 'Razor' Smith Copy Share Image
The third group [of society] are those irresponsible and reckless ones having little regard for the consequences of their acts, or whose… — Margaret Sanger Copy Share Image
Both good and evil, when they are full grown, become retrospective...That is what mortals misunderstand. They say of some temporary suffering, 'No… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
No human government has a right to enquire into private opinions, to presume that it knows them, or to act on that… — Charles James Fox Copy Share Image
There never was a law yet made, I conceive, that hit the taste exactly of every man, or every part of the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I kind of like carbon taxes because we already know how to apply them. We already have apparatus in place. When we… — Paul R. Ehrlich Copy Share Image
It is precisely because a child's feelings are so strong that they cannot be repressed without serious consequences. The stronger a prisoner… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
Granted, prostate exams aren't the most enjoyable things in the world, but they only last about 10 seconds. It's well worth it.… — Len Dawson Copy Share Image
The subjective mind is entirely under the control of the objective mind. With the utmost fidelity it reproduces and works out to… — Thomas Troward Copy Share Image
Is a brazen and innocent confrontation with paternal authority an unbearably terrifying prospect to some? Are the consequences of a fathers anger… — Michael Leunig Copy Share Image
Every choice one makes either expands or contracts the area in which he can make and implement future decisions. When one makes… — Marion G. Romney Copy Share Image
God works with power, and can make the unwilling willing; if He undertakes the conversion of a soul, it will be converted.… — Thomas Goodwin Copy Share Image
A genuine approach to budget cutting - knowing exactly what you're cutting and why, and with what real-life consequences - is beyond… — George Packer Copy Share Image
Although it is important to examine the consequences of today's actions far into the future, it is important not to confuse far… — Robert O. Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
Political conflict rests to a very large extent on a universal ignorance of consequences, as the people who are benefited by any… — Kenneth E. Boulding Copy Share Image
We have all our playthings. Happy are they who are contented with those they can obtain; those hours are spent in the… — Mary Wortley Montagu Copy Share Image
A scientist naturally and inevitably ... mulls over the data and guesses at a solution. He proceeds to testing of the guess… — Edwin Powell Hubble Copy Share Image
Most of us avoid telling the truth because it's uncomfortable. We're afraid of the consequences-making others feel uncomfortable, hurting their feelings or… — Jack Canfield Copy Share Image
Mostly we're motivated to control ourselves in public. Mostly. At home the motivation is much less clear. At home there's a bit… — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
Photography is solitary and there are lags between seeing with your eyes and seeing through the lens, and then seeing the image… — Christian Marclay Copy Share Image
Through my youth, there was imposed on us a culture relentlessly English. English books were all you could buy; English television filled… — Richard Flanagan Copy Share Image
It is true that classical libertarian thought is opposed to state intervention in social life, as a consequence of deeper assumptions about… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The basic question that the 'new science' raises for our balance sheet is the issue of what scientific questions have not been… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
I think it's brought the world a lot closer together, and will continue to do that. There are downsides to everything; there… — Steve Jobs Copy Share Image
And in this battle, Brother William (Guillaume), Master of the Templars, lost an eye; and he had lost the other on the… — Jean de Joinville Copy Share Image
The most noticeable weakness of Congressmen is their timidity. They fear the use to be made of their "record." They are afraid… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
The Indian government has managed to turn the concept of nonviolence on its head. Nonviolent resistance and nonviolent governance. Unlike, say, China… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
I have lived under the threat of death for a year now. And because of that, I have made choices. Listen to… — Walter White Copy Share Image
In stories, everything has to have clear consequences and everything has to focus to the end. Everything at the end will give… — Jaco Van Dormael Copy Share Image
Modern economics is sick. Economics has increasingly become an intellectual game played for its own sake and not for its practical consequences… — Mark Blaug Copy Share Image