“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
“Revolutionists who took part in uprisings in one part of the globe would often migrate to take part in uprisings in another.… — Chris Hedges French revolution Copy Share Image
“Those captivated by the cult of celebrity do not examine voting records or compare verbal claims with written and published facts and… — Chris Hedges Credit card Copy Share Image
Positive psychology is to the corporate state what eugenics was to the Nazis — Chris Hedges Corporate Copy Share Image
“Hope has a cost. Hope is not comfortable or easy. Hope requires personal risk. It is not about the right attitude. Hope… — Chris Hedges Hope Copy Share Image
This too is a jihad. Yet we Americans find ourselves in the dangerous position of going to war not against a state… — Chris Hedges Battle Copy Share Image
Human beings can be redeemed. Empires cannot. Our refusal to face the truth about empire, our refusal to defy the multitudinous crimes… — Chris Hedges Age Copy Share Image
I have seen children shot in El Salvador, Algeria, Guatemala, Sarajevo, but I have never before watched soldiers entice children like mice… — Chris Hedges Algeria Copy Share Image
A democracy survives when its citizens have access to trustworthy and impartial sources of information, when it can discern lies from truth.… — Chris Hedges Access 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
“Our march toward self-annihilation has already obliterated ninety percent of the large fish in the oceans and wiped out half of the… — Chris Hedges Copy Share Image
No real journalist makes $5 million a year... Those in power fear and dislike real journalists. — Chris Hedges Democracy Copy Share Image
“Just remember,' a Marine Corps lieutenant colonel told me as he strapped his pistol belt under his arm before we crossed into… — Chris Hedges Marine corps Copy Share Image
Most of these who are thrust into combat soon find it impossible to maintain the mythic perception of war. — Chris Hedges Combat Copy Share Image
The imperial projects will continue, Wall Street will be unimpeded in its malfeasance and criminal activity, social programs will continue to be… — Chris Hedges Activity 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
“As porn has gone mainstream, ushered two decades ago into middle-class living rooms and dens with VCRs and now available on the… — Chris Hedges Gun control Copy Share Image
“Sadism dominates the culture. It runs like an electric current through reality television and trash-talk programs, is at the core of pornography,… — Chris Hedges Electric current Copy Share Image
“Those who fail to exhibit positive attitudes, no matter the external reality, are seen as maladjusted and in need of assistance. Their… — Chris Hedges Lost loved ones Copy Share Image
“Sadism dominates the culture. It runs like an electric current through reality television and trash-talk programs, is at the core of pornography,… — Chris Hedges Electric current Copy Share Image
The belief that rational and quantifiable disciplines such as science can be used to perfect human society is no less absurd than… — Chris Hedges Absurd Copy Share Image
“Patriotic duty and the disease of nationalism lure us to deny our common humanity” — Chris Hedges Common humanity 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
Ironically, the universities have trained hundreds of thousands of graduates for jobs that soon will not exist. They have trained people to… — Chris Hedges Assets 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
