Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2016-07-07 Jul 7, 2016The most absolute authority is that which penetrates into a man’s innermost being and concerns itself no less with his will than with his actions.~ Jean-Jacques RousseauFame is proof that the people are gullible.~ Ralph Waldo EmersonHistory is fables agreed upon.~ Voltaire Jul 6, 2016School is the advertising agency which makes you believe that you need the society as it is.~ Ivan IllichI begin by taking. I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right.~ Frederick the GreatTo die for an idea: it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true.~ H. L. Mencken Jul 5, 2016Censorship reflects a society’s lack of confidence in itself. It is the landmark of an authoritarian regime...~ Justice Potter StewartChief among the spoils of victory is the privilege of writing the history.~ Mark AlexanderThe enormous gap between what U.S. leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of the great propaganda accomplishments of the dominant political mythology.~ Michael Parenti Jul 4, 2016Governments have ever been known to hold a high hand over the education of the people. They know, better than anyone else, that their power is based almost entirely on the school. Hence, they monopolize it more and more.~ Francisco FerrerDrop out of school before your mind rots from exposure to our mediocre educational system. Forget about the Senior Prom and go to the library and educate yourself if you've got any guts. Some of you like pep rallies and plastic robots who tell you what to read. Forget I mentioned it... Rise for the flag salute.~ Frank ZappaWhat is the task of higher education? To make a man into a machine. What are the means employed? He is taught how to suffer being bored.~ Friedrich Nietzsche Jul 1, 2016Perhaps the most obvious political effect of controlled news is the advantage it gives powerful people in getting their issues on the political agenda and defining those issues in ways likely to influence their resolution.~ W. Lance BennettNobody these days holds the written word in such high esteem as police states do...~ Italo CalvinoHistorians and economists are very good at creating and perpetuating myths that justify increasing the power placed in the hands of government.~ Reuven Brenner Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print