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Other Quotes by Neil Postman
- When media make war against each other, it is a case of world- views in collision.
- Television is a non graded curriculum and excludes no viewer for any reason, at any time. In other words, in doing away wtih the idea…
- When two human beings get together, they're co-present, there is built into it a certain responsibility we have for each other, and when people are…
- The point is that profound but contradictory ideas may exist side by side, if they are constructed from different materials and methods. and have different…
- A book is an attempt to make through permanent and to contribute to the great conversation conducted by authors of the past. […] The telegraph…
- Americans no longer talk to each other, they entertain each other. They do not exchange ideas, they exchange images. They do not argue with propositions;…
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- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour