Quote by Laurence J. Peter on Knowing and Not Knowing
“A man doesn’t know what he knows until he knows what he doesn’t know.”
Laurence J. Peter
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Quote by Henry A. Wallace on Freedom and Oppression
“This is a fight between a free world and a slave world.”
Henry A. Wallace
Quote by Theodore Dalrymple on Lies, Silence, and Social Control
“When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself. One’s standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control.”
Theodore Dalrymple
Quote by Henry A. Wallace on American Fascism
“The American Fascists are most easily recognized by their deliberate perversion of truth and fact…. They cultivate hate and distrust of both Britain and Russia. They claim to be super-patriots, but they would destroy every liberty guaranteed by the Constitution. They demand free enterprise, but are the spokesmen for monopoly and vested interest. Their final objective, toward which all their deceit is directed, is to capture political power, so that using the power of the State and the power of the market simultaneously they may keep the common man in eternal subjection.”
Henry A. Wallace
Quote by Henry A. Wallace on American Fascists and Truth
“The American fascists are most easily recognized by their deliberate perversion of truth and fact.”
Henry A. Wallace
Max Weber Quote on Concentration of Power in Democracy
“In a democracy the people choose a leader in whom they trust. Then the chosen leader says, ‘Now shut up and obey me.’ People and party are then no longer free to interfere in his business.”
Max Weber
Quote by Henry A. Wallace on Prejudice and Tyranny
“It is no coincidence that the growth of modern tyrants has in every case been heralded by the growth of prejudice.”
Henry A. Wallace
Max Weber Quote on Power in Political Career
“The career of politics grants a feeling of power. The knowledge of influencing men, of participating in power over them, and above all, the feeling of holding in one’s hands a nerve fiber of historically important events can elevate the professional politician above everyday routine even when he is placed in formally modest positions.”
Max Weber
Peace Instead of Consumerism: Quote by John Lennon
“If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace.”
John Lennon
Quote by David Icke on Fear and Freedom
“The greatest prison people live in is the fear of what other people think.”
David Icke