"A president who is burdened with a failed……" — Glenn Greenwald
"A president who is burdened with a failed and unpopular war, and who has lost the trust of the country, simply can no longer govern. He is destined to become as much a failure as his war."
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82 Quotes by Glenn Greenwald
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Secrecy is the linchpin of abuse of power, . . . its enabling force. Transparency is the only real antidote.
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History shows that the mere existence of a mass surveillance apparatus, regardless of how it is used, is in itself…
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The fact that war is the word we use for almost everything—on terrorism, drugs, even poverty—has certainly helped to desensitize…
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The way things are supposed to work is that we're supposed to know virtually everything about what they [the government]…
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Incestuous, homogeneous fiefdoms of self-proclaimed expertise are always rank-closing and mutually self-defending, above all else.
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It's common to go from 'crashing the gate' to guarding it.
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He's the President—it's the responsibility of every citizen to criticize aggressively when they think it's warranted.
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When journalists are 'accused' of being 'advocates', that means: challenging and deviating from DC orthodoxies.
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Fearlessness can be its own form of power.
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For those suggesting criticisms of drone kills should wait until the election: that'd be reasonable if he stops killing until…
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I'd like to vote for the candidate similar to the one the Right absurdly claims Obama is.
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The term propaganda rings melodramatic and exaggerated, but a press that—whether from fear, careerism, or conviction—uncritically recites false government claims…
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More Burdened Quotes
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The sovereign being is burdened with a servitude that crushes him, and the condition of free men is deliberate servility.
— Georges Bataille
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For the poison of hatred seated near the heart doubles the burden for the one who suffers the disease; he…
— Aeschylus
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Almost all the ideas we have about being a man or being a woman are so burdened with pain, anxiety,…
— Andrew Cohen
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Sometimes when we're feeling sad, it's important just to feel the sadness. Like a snake shedding its skin, old feelings…
— Marianne Williamson
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To remove warfare from a spiritual life is to render it unspiritual. Life in the spirit is a suffering way,…
— Watchman Nee
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The winds that blow our billions away return burdened with themes of scorn and dispraise.
— Garet Garrett
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Why should men leave great fortunes to their children? If this is done from affection, is it not misguided affection?…
— Andrew Carnegie
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The dream acts as a safety-valve for the over-burdened brain.
— Sigmund Freud
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Sensuality, too, which used to show itself course, smiling, unmasked, and unmistakable, is now serious, analytic, and so burdened with…
— Agnes Repplier
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Prayer is the language of a man burdened with a sense of need.
— Edward McKendree Bounds
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The unsuccessful person is burdened by learning, and prefers to walk down familiar paths. Their distaste for learning stunts their…
— John C. Maxwell
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My effort here is to help you to feel that existence is not indifferent towards you. It is deeply concerned…
— Rajneesh
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