Quote by H. L. Mencken on Security and Liberty
“Most people want security in this world, not liberty.”
H. L. Mencken
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“The public school has become the established church” – Ivan Illich
“The public school has become the established church of secular society.”
Ivan Illich
Democracy as a Dream – Quote by H. L. Mencken
“Democracy is only a dream: it should be put in the same category as Arcadia, Santa Claus, and Heaven.”
H. L. Mencken
Alternative Stories Change Society – Ivan Illich
“Neither revolution nor reformation can ultimately change a society, rather you must tell a new powerful tale, one so persuasive that it sweeps away the old myths and becomes the preferred story, one so inclusive that it gathers all the bits of our past and our present into a coherent whole, one that even shines some light into the future so that we can take the next step… If you want to change a society, then you have to tell an alternative story.”
Ivan Illich
Consumer Society and Dependency – Quote by Ivan Illich
“In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.”
Ivan Illich
“School is the advertising agency” – Quote by Ivan Illich
“School is the advertising agency which makes you believe that you need the society as it is.”
Ivan Illich
Ivan Illich on Education, Learning and School
“Most learning is not the result of instruction. It is rather the result of unhampered participation in a meaningful setting. Most people learn best by being “with it,” yet school makes them identify their personal, cognitive growth with elaborate planning and manipulation.”
Ivan Illich
Ivan Illich on Schooling, Education and Competence
“The pupil is … ‘schooled’ to confuse teaching with learning, grade advancement with education, a diploma with competence, and fluency with the ability to say something new.”
Ivan Illich
Mark Twain Quote About Congress
“There is no distinctly American criminal class – except Congress.”
Mark Twain
Anger and Its Consequences – Quote by Mark Twain
“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”
Mark Twain