Quote by Erik Larson Download Open image ““No system which implies control by privilege seekers has ever ended in any other way than collapse.”” — Erik Larson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“No system that implies control of society by privilege seekers has ever ended any other way but collapse” — William E. Dodd Copy Share Image
“We have a system that is designed to fail us all, and we all do nothing about it.” — Rob Al'dred Copy Share Image
“The power of destruction which had once been the ultimate privilege of government was now the only power left in the world--and it was… — H.G. Wells Copy Share Image
“for a society built on exploitation, there is no greater threat than having no one left to oppress.” — N.K. Jemisin Copy Share Image
“No government will ever surrender to the wishes of its people. No society will ever be free from the control of its government.” — Neamat Imam Copy Share Image
“The more apparent it is that a system is nearing an end, the more reluctant people will be to adhere to its laws.” — James Dale Davidson Copy Share Image
“It has ever been the tendency of power to add to itself, to enlarge its sphere, to encroach beyond the limits set for it;… — Benjamin Ricketson Tucker Copy Share Image
“They all think they have everything under control, when, in fact, they control nothing.” — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
“The best way I know to define privilege is the ongoing benefits of past successful exercises of power.” — Andy Crouch Copy Share Image
“Where will it all end? In the destruction of all other command for the benefit of one alone - that of the state. In… — Bertrand De Jouvenel Copy Share Image
“Privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.” — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
I've heard from the movie marketplace that James Cameron did such a killer job with 'Titanic' that it's almost impossible to do anything better. — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
As a rule, I am very skeptical of tying books to anniversaries. I don't think readers care. I also feel that it just about… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
“look as if they had been plucked from the Palace of Versailles or a Jacobean mansion—that you were aboard a ship being propelled far… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
That's what I love about history - nuance. I don't believe in unalloyed heroes. Everyone's got warts, and everyone's got a surprise side. — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
“Holmes was charming and gracious, but something about him made Belknap uneasy. He could not have defined it. Indeed, for the next several decades… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
. . . why some men choose to fill their brief allotment of time engaging the impossible, others in the manufacture of sorrow. — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
“At present," he said, "I am responsible for conveying my associates to a place called Chicago. I understand it is somewhere in the hinterland.” — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
I knew from an online search that the Wisconsin State Historical Society, on the vast University of Wisconsin campus, held the papers of Sigrid… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
Dodd continued to hope that the murders would so outrage the German public that the regime would fall, but as the days passed he… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
I envy other writers who claim to have a backlog of books they'd like to write. — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
Trying to find ideas is the hardest part of my job. You'd think it would be the most fun. Just sitting around reading whatever… — Erik Larson Copy Share Image
“Her blind endorsement of Hitler’s regime first faded to a kind of sympathetic skepticism, but as summer approached,” — Erik Larson Copy Share Image