America and americans Quote by Philip Slater

Every apathetic individual is a brick in a tyrant's throne.

— Philip Slater

It is a mistake - as so many over-centralized socialist societies have discovered - to try to eliminate money as an incentive. Money is…

— Philip Slater

Every time we buy something we deepen our emotional deprivation and hence our need to buy something.

— Philip Slater

A true community maximizes the potential of whatever human resources exist within it (by allowing for all possible combinations), while networks minimize such utilization,…

— Philip Slater

Our economy is based on spending billions to persuade people that happiness is buying things, and then insisting that the only way to have…

— Philip Slater

Motors make noise and that tells you about the feelings and attitudes that went into it. Something was more important than sensory pleasure -…

— Philip Slater

At a conservative estimate, there are probably a million men and women in their twenties and thirties who would happily work long hours doing…

— Philip Slater

One of the main reasons wealth makes people unhappy is that it gives them too much control over what they experience. They try to…

— Philip Slater

A coincidence is a trend we have decided not to take seriously.

— Philip Slater

Most of us would like to end our lives feeling both that we had a good time and that we left the world a…

— Philip Slater

If we define pornography as any message from any communication medium that is intended to arouse sexual excitement, then it is clear that most…

— Philip Slater

“Individualism may be the greatest boon to authoritarianism since the whip, and has helped prolong it well beyond its natural lifespan. Its message is:…

— Philip Slater