"Down through the centuries, this trick has been……" — Pete Seeger
"Down through the centuries, this trick has been tried by various establishments throughout the world. They force people to get involved in the kind of examination that has only one aim and that is to stamp out dissent."
—
Pete Seeger
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
91 Quotes by Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger has 91 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
If there is a world here in a hundred years, it's going to be saved by tens of millions of…
-
I have come to the conclusion that there is nothing good that doesn't have bad consequences and nothing bad that…
-
If you love this land of the free, bring them home, bring them home, Bring them back from overseas.
-
I write a song because I want to. I think the moment you start writing it to make money, you're…
-
Do-so is more important than say-so.
-
The key to the future of the world, is finding the optimistic stories and letting them be known.
-
Well, it's one of the things that will. Words are good, and words help us become the leading species on…
-
Songs are funny things. They can slip across borders. Proliferate in prisons. Penetrate hard shells. I always believed that the…
-
We all go to different churches or no churches, we have different favorite foods, different ways of making love, different…
-
If there's something wrong, speak up!
-
Technology will save us if it doesn't wipe us out first.
-
The world would never amount to a hill of beans if people didn't use their imaginations to think of the…
See all 91 quotes by Pete Seeger »
More Aim Quotes
This quote is filed under Aim Quotes,
one of 1,830 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
— Aristotle
-
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
— Aristotle
-
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for…
— Aristotle
-
Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause…
— Mahmoud Abbas
-
Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of…
— Benigno Aquino III
-
If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in…
— David Attenborough
-
Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
— Wystan Hugh Auden
-
Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.
— Jane Austen
-
The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment…
— Johann Sebastian Bach
-
A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.
— Robert Baden-Powell
-
Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are…
— Bryan Adams
-
Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social…
— Jacques Barzun
See all 1,830 Aim Quotes »