Avoided Quote by Catherine Wilson

“usually without giving the matter too much thought, we see ourselves as part of a civic community transcending generations.”

— Tony Judt

Epicurus was in favour of friendly sex but not of grand passions or marriage and children, viewing them as sources of trouble and vexation.

— Catherine Wilson

Epicurus thought that friendship and conviviality, which require present attention rather than being in an alcoholic stupor, as well as trying to understand and…

— Catherine Wilson

Epicurus thought of justice as an agreement to prevent people harming and being harmed.

— Catherine Wilson

Epicurus recommends bread and cheese as the staple, and his emphasis is more on avoiding pain than on seeking pleasure, insofar as pleasure-seeking tends…

— Catherine Wilson

They can make no law which will not have its full operation on themselves and their friends, as well as on the great mass…

— James Madison

It is important to launch a mass and society-wide struggle to drastically increase the production of consumer goods.

— Kim Jong-un

What is common to our societies is the development into a managed mass society, with big bureaucracy, managing people. The Russians do it by…

— Erich Fromm

Mass society has displaced real community, where people function together and account for their own lives.

— John Zerzan

If you have a problem in mass society, you call the cops. The experts. You no longer have any operative connection with yourself or…

— John Zerzan

We have hardly an adequate idea how all-powerful law is in forming public opinion, in giving tone and character to the mass of society.

— Ernestine Rose

For the amoral herd that fears boredom above all else, everything becomes entertainment. Sex and sport, politics and the arts are transformed into entertainment.…

— Merold Westphal