Many of us, restless and unfulfilled, see no supreme worth in our lives. We want more out of life. And war, at… — Chris Hedges Divisiveness Copy Share Image
“The wild pursuit of status and wealth has destroyed our souls and our economy. Families live in sprawling mansions financed with mortgages… — Chris Hedges Credit card Copy Share Image
There are two sets of principles. They are the principles of power and privilege and the principles of truth and justice. If… — Chris Hedges Expenses Copy Share Image
The more we retreat from the culture at large the more room we will have to carve out lives of meaning, the… — Chris Hedges Able Copy Share Image
The inability to grasp the pathology* of our oligarchic rulers is one of our gravest faults. — Chris Hedges Faults 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 Copy Share Image
If we remain fearful, then we will be further stripped of power as we barrel towards this neofeudalistic state where there is… — Chris Hedges All kinds Copy Share Image
The corporations that profit from permanent war need us to be afraid. Fear stops us from objecting to government spending on a… — Chris Hedges Corporations Copy Share Image
“All you have to do is work hard, obey the rules, and believe in yourself. This myth is disseminated across the political… — Chris Hedges Believe in yourself Copy Share Image
I don't know who you would blame for this, whether Ricardo or others, but we created a fictitious economic theory to praise… — Chris Hedges Blame Copy Share Image
“on the first night of the program. She waltzed around the set topless. She asked what asparagus was and said, “Rio de… — Chris Hedges Programming Copy Share Image
“The more we listen to the voices of others, voices unlike our own, the more we remain open to the transcendent forces… — Chris Hedges Commandments Copy Share Image
There are no impediments now to corporations. None. And what they want is for us to give up. They want us to… — Chris Hedges Corporations Copy Share Image
“Blind adherence to an absolute leader, especially one who permits violence, hands followers a license to unleash hidden, prohibited lusts and passions… — Chris Hedges Human heart Copy Share Image
“Christian activists in Massachusetts are frequent guests at Christian conferences, where they speak of their persecution by “homosexual radicals.” This cultivated sense… — Chris Hedges Christian Copy Share Image
It wasn't a direct route. I began as a freelance reporter. That's an important distinction, because people who rise through the ranks… — Chris Hedges Direct Copy Share Image
“When everybody was, you know, pushing for multiculturalism in lead institutions, it really meant filtering a few people of color or women… — Chris Hedges Economic justice Copy Share Image
The evil of predatory global capitalism and empire has spawned the evil of terrorism — Chris Hedges Capitalism 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 Accepting Copy Share Image
“Speculators at megabanks and investment firms such as Goldman Sachs are not, in a strict sense, capitalists. They do not make money… — Chris Hedges Economics 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 George w Copy Share Image
The violent subjugation of the Palestinians, Iraqis, and Afghans will only ensure that those who oppose us will increasingly speak to us… — Chris Hedges Language 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
“We now live in a nation where doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the press destroys… — Chris Hedges Health Copy Share Image
War, we have come to believe, is a spectator sport. The military and the press have turned war into a vast video… — Chris Hedges Antiwar Copy Share Image
