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
“A democratic state begins from the assumption that most of those who gravitate toward power are mediocre and probably immoral. It assumes… — Chris Hedges Bad government 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
Again, although I'm not a particularly religious person, I go back to the religious left that I come out of: There are… — Chris Hedges Fighting Copy Share Image
I'm not saying we're going to win. I am saying rebellion becomes a way to protect your own dignity. Corporations are, theologically… — Chris Hedges Collapse 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 Doe 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 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
The few surviving Armenians no longer ask to go home. They do not ask for restitution. They ask simply to have the… — Chris Hedges Armenians Copy Share Image
One needs solitude and quiet to think. The cacophony of modern culture is designed to make that impossible... — Chris Hedges Cacophony Copy Share Image
“Blanqui is an important, if neglected, nineteenth-century theorist, for unlike nearly all of his contemporaries, he dismissed the naive belief, central to… — Chris Hedges Faith 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 arts often realize human truths well before other branches of human endeavor. — Chris Hedges Art 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
Turn off your televisions. Ignore the Newt-Mitt-Rick- Barack reality show. It is as relevant to your life as the gossip on “Jersey… — Chris Hedges Barack 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
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
Inverted totalitarianism, unlike classical totalitarianism, does not revolve around a demagogue or charismatic leader. It finds expression in the anonymity of the… — Chris Hedges Anonymity Copy Share Image
As long as we think abstractly, as long as we find in patriotism and the exuberance of War our fulfillment, we will… — Chris Hedges Battle 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
“The danger is not Islam or Christianity or any other religion. It is the human heart—the capacity we all have for evil.… — Chris Hedges Christianity Copy Share Image
Economics dominates politics - and with that domination comes different forms of ruthlessness. — Chris Hedges Different Copy Share Image
“In all of these countries, a significant portion of the population had abandoned their faith in the ideological constructs of power, just… — Chris Hedges Better future 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
