Politics and Economy – Emma Goldman
“Politics is the reflex of the business and industrial world.”
Emma Goldman
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Certainty abolishes hope – Neil Postman
“Certainty abolishes hope, and robs us of renewal.”
Neil Postman
Television News and Its Limitations – Neil Postman
“The whole problem with news on television comes down to this: all the words uttered in an hour of news coverage could be printed on a page of a newspaper. And the world cannot be understood in one page.”
Neil Postman
Suffering of Animals in Factory Farming – Peter Hayden Dinklage
“Animals on factory farms all face pain and fear, just like the animals we share our homes with, yet are repeatedly abused in shocking ways.”
Peter Hayden Dinklage
Media Power and Control – Richard Warren Schickel
“The current moguls understand that true media power lies not in firing up our outrage, as Hearst did, but in befuddling it or tranquilizing it with new toys. The idea is to render us passive so that they can exercise their power to sell us a bunch of stuff we mostly don’t need and mostly don’t want.”
Richard Warren Schickel
Press and Democracy – Quote by A. J. Liebling
“I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy.”
A. J. Liebling
No One Believes US Media – Paul Craig Roberts
“No one outside America any longer believes the US media or the US government… You can’t believe a word the American media says. If they say anything correct, it’s just an accident.”
Paul Craig Roberts
Cows scream louder than carrots – Alan Watts
“Cows scream louder than carrots.”
Alan Watts
Veganism Changes – Kat Von D Quote
“Veganism changed me. It taught me to look past myself. To consider how my choices effect others. The animals, the people around me, and the planet we live on.”
Kat Von D
Quote by Gary Yourofsky: Stop filtering your nutrients through somebody else’s body
“Stop filtering your nutrients through somebody else’s body.”
Gary Yourofsky