Neil Postman on Politics and Show Business
“If politics is like show business, then the idea is not to pursue excellence, clarity or honesty but to appear as if you are, which is another matter altogether.”
Neil Postman
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“I’m just a human being” – Quote by John Trudell
“I’m just a human being trying to make it in a world that is very rapidly losing it’s understanding of being human.”
John Trudell
The State as the Altar of Political Freedom – Emma Goldman
“The State is the altar of political freedom and, like the religious altar, it is maintained for the purpose of human sacrifice.”
Emma Goldman
Social Change and Revolution – Emma Goldman Quote
“No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution… revolution is but thought carried into action.”
Emma Goldman
Radical Measures Against Social Ills – Emma Goldman
“One cannot be too extreme in dealing with social ills; the extreme thing is generally the true thing.”
Emma Goldman
Public Schooling and Its Role – Neil Postman
“Public schooling does not serve a public; it creates a pubic.”
Neil Postman
“Industrial Madness” – Quote by John Trudell
“As human beings we’re living in a reality of industrial madness.”
John Trudell
Less Mental Effort to Condemn – Emma Goldman
“Someone has said that it requires less mental effort to condemn than to think.”
Emma Goldman
Education and Alienation – Quote by Emma Goldman
“Since every effort in our educational life seems to be directed toward making of the child a being foreign to itself, it must of necessity produce individuals foreign to one another, and in everlasting antagonism with each other.”
Emma Goldman
Every Daring Attempt – Emma Goldman
“Every daring attempt to make a great change in existing conditions, every lofty vision of new possibilities for the human race, has been labeled Utopian.”
Emma Goldman