System Quotes

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In a one-party system there is always a landslide. — Philip K. Dick
The means of communication, the irresistible output of the entertainment and information industry carry with them prescribed attitudes and habits, certain intellectual and emotional reactions… — Herbert Marcuse
...the evil system of colonialism and imperialism arose and throve with the enslavement of Negroes and the trade in Negroes, and it will surely come… — Mao Zedong
In all the houses keys to memorizing objects and feelings had been written. But the system demanded so much vigilance and moral strength that many… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Self-awareness is probably overrated. A complex, self-regulating system doesn't need it in order to be successful, or even smart. — David Brin
But what the working-class can do, when once they grow into a solidified organization, is to show the possessing class, through a sudden cessation of… — Voltairine de Cleyre
I need you to do more than survive. As writers, as revolutionaries, tell the truth, your truth in your own way. Do not buy into… — Dorothy Allison
There is no 'the truth','a truth' - truth is not one thing, or even a system. It is an increasing complexity. the pattern of the… — Adrienne Rich
How do you make a girl know she's beautiful? What is the system for that, what do you show her, how do you give her… — Michelle Tea
At the core of every ordered system, whether a family or a factory, is chaos. But in the whirl of every chaos lies a strange… — Dean Koontz
Of course Evil's afoot. If it had switched to the metric system it'd be up to a meter by now. — Jim Butcher
Good teachers don't approach a child of this age with overzealousness or with destructive conscientiousness. They're not drill-masters in the military or floor managers in… — Jonathan Kozol
To reverse the effects of civilization would destroy the dreams of a lot of people. There's no way around it. We can talk all we… — Derrick Jensen
Drop out of school before your mind rots from exposure to our mediocre educational system. Forget about the Senior Prom and go to the library… — Frank Zappa
We came to realise - first with astonishment, then bitterness, and finally with indifference - that intellect apparently wasn't the most important thing...not ideas, but… — Erich Maria Remarque
As a means of dispensing formulated ignorance our boasted public school system is not without merit; it spreads out education sufficiently thin to give everyone… — Ambrose Bierce
I had no epiphany, no singular revelation, no moment of truth, but a steady accumulation of a thousand slights, a thousand indignities and a thousand… — Nelson Mandela
The reason it's worth standing up for punctuation is not that it's an arbitrary system of notation known only to an over-sensitive elite who have… — Lynne Truss
Since I was a law student, I have been against the death penalty. It does not deter. It is severely discriminatory against minorities, especially since… — Ralph Nader
Education is a system of imposed ignorance. — Noam Chomsky

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