Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2009-12-07 Dec 7, 2009The freedom of speech and the freedom of the press have not been granted to the people in order that they may say things which please, and which are based upon accepted thought, but the right to say things which displease, the right to say the things which convey the new and yet unexpected thoughts, the right to say things, even though they do a wrong.~ Samuel GompersWe create an environment where it is alright to hate, to steal, to cheat, and to lie if we dress it up with symbols of respectability, dignity and love.~ Whitney Moore, Jr.Are right and wrong convertible terms, dependant upon popular opinion?~ William Lloyd Garrison Dec 4, 2009Armaments, universal debt and planned obsolescence - those are the three pillars of Western prosperity.~ Aldous HuxleyPeople have become as processed as food.~ Astrid AlaudaThe world is so dreadfully managed, one hardly knows to whom to complain.~ Ronald Firbank Dec 3, 2009Nothing can be more readily disproved than the old saw, "You can't keep a good man down." Most human societies have been beautifully organized to keep good men down.~ John W. GardnerSociety honors its living conformists and its dead troublemakers.~ Mignon McLaughlinAnother perceived attribute of intellectuals that needs rethinking and revision: the assumption that they are deeply and unequivocally committed to personal, political and intellectual freedom and especially free expression…many Western intellectuals’ commitment to intellectual freedom is selective at best.~ Paul Hollander Dec 2, 2009Society is always engaged in a vast conspiracy to preserve itself -- at the expense of the new demands of each new generation.~ John Haynes HolmesSocial reform aims to improve the condition of the poor by worsening the condition of the rich.~ Martin H. FischerUsually, terrible things that are done with the excuse that progress requires them are not really progress at all, but just terrible things.~ Russell Baker Dec 1, 2009History is written by those who win and those who dominate.~ Edward SaidMost people know more about their congressmen via smear campaigns than they know about their own neighbor via conversations, and a lot of people know more about Britney Spears via tabloids than they know about their own congressmen via voting booklets. Does anyone else see the problem here?~ Brock FiantI think we risk becoming the best informed society that has ever died of ignorance.~ Reuben Blades Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print