Bread Circuses Quote by herbert marcuse

The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things: bread…

— Juvenal

Panem et Circenses" translates into 'Bread and Circuses.' The writer was saying that in return for full bellies and entertainment, his people had given…

— Suzanne Collins

I read the Romans had bread and circuses. We had home relief and boxing.

— Jake LaMotta

Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt

— Juvenal

Two things only the people actually desire: bread and circuses.

— Juvenal

“I love her like two cheese sticks without cheese. Bread and circuses.”

— Jarod Kintz

There is an obvious connection, on the declining Roman empire's bread and circuses model, between political enthusiasm for public spectacles and the periods when…

— Iain Sinclair

Now that no one buys our votes, the public has long since cast off its cares; for the people that once bestowed commands, consulships,…

— Juvenal

Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon…

— Juvenal

The Romans always wanted bread and circuses-food and entertainement! As we destroy their city, I will offer them both. Behold, a sample!" Someething dropped…

— Anonymous

We love against the night, burning like stars against the darkness of bread and circuses.

— Anonymous

The purpose of bread and circuses is, as Neil Postman said in his book Amusing Ourselves to Death, to distract, to divert emotional energy…

— Chris Hedges