Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page Michael Ellner Quote “Everything is backwards; everything is upside down. Doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the major media destroy information, and religions destroy spirituality.” ~ Michael Ellner Hypocrisy , Destruction , Health , Law , Justice , Education , Knowledge , Government , Freedom , Media , Information , Religion , Spirituality Ratings and Comments 41Reply Robin, Spokane 7/27/12 One of the truest things I've heard in years and because virtually everyone has their own personal agenda. 31Reply vedapushpa, Bangalore 7/27/12 I would like to qualify the above Statement with a 'By and large' either at the beginning or at the end. 61Reply Mike, Norwalk 7/27/12 An overall accurate assessment of the rule with ample room for exceptions. 11Reply Anonymous, Memphis 7/27/12 In NC we use to have a term that would probably apply here - bass ackwards was the term. 11Reply J Carlton, Calgary 7/27/12 Nicely summed up. 51Reply E Archer, NYC 7/27/12 All forms of 'authority' unchecked result in the corruption of power. I would add one more: banks destroy money. 2 Reply Robert Edwards, somewhere in the USA E Archer, NYC 4/26/19 Spot on! plus the MILITARY — we do more harm than good... Americas most expensive mistake... 16Reply dick, fort worth 7/27/12 Meaningless jibberish. 2 Reply Mike, Norwalk 7/28/12 dick, we know the statement is condemning of your statist theocracy's dogmas but, what specifically do you find meaningless and / or jibberish ? Reply dick, fort worth 7/28/12 Mike, I appreciate your asking a reasonable question although it wasn't necessary to accuse me of a philosophy that isn't mine. To see no real sense in the quotation indicative of my remark could be expressed by any number of thinkers of any kinds. The statement just simply doesn't make sense.What is expressed of each professional, organization, and of religion is both true and false. I can learn nothing from it except the fact that the writer must have no discernment whatsoever and a totally negative outlook. 2 Reply Patrick Henry, Red Hill 4/11/17 Knowledge, in the absence of the ennobling, tempering, influence of understanding, is a concomitant of power - corruptive by its very nature.Seats of temporal power, compensatory entities that they are, are essentially parasitic in character, subsisting, as they do, on the mouldering substance of deposed Sovereign Individuals. Reply DENNIS KOLB, WARRENTON 4/11/17 Reply jim k, Austin 4/11/17 Robin, from Gonzaga country, said it very well. 2 Reply jim k, Austin 4/11/17 Let me follow with a George Orwell quote. "In our age there is no such thing as keeping out of politics. All issues are political issues , and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia". 1Reply Robert Edwards, somewhere in the USA 4/26/19 Love it! it may be negative, but so are many things that need to be changed for the better — the statement is an observation. And, the MOD is an oxymoron, it should be the MOW. Nothing ever changes while humans are at the helm, they will always steer into a storm... If there is life on other planets I pray we never infect them... Reply H, Tanna 2/17/20 We are living in the material world as described in ancient scriptures; it’s a tree whose roots are upward and branches are downward…! SaveOk2 SaveOk2 View CommentsClick to view or comment. Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print This Michael Ellner quote is found in these categories: Hypocrisy quotes Destruction quotes Health quotes Law quotes Justice quotes Education quotes Knowledge quotes Government quotes Freedom quotes Media quotes Information quotes Religion quotes Spirituality quotes About Michael Ellner Bio of Michael Ellner Quotations by Michael Ellner Books by/about Michael Ellner Michael Ellner videos Michael Ellner on Wikipedia