US Policy since World War II – Noam Chomsky
“In general, I think, U.S. policies remain constant, going back to the Second World War. But the capacity to implement them is declining.”
Noam Chomsky
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Noam Chomsky on Student Debt as a Life Trap
“Debt is a trap, especially student debt, which is enormous, far larger than credit card debt. It’s a trap for the rest of your life because the laws are designed so that you can’t get out of it. If a business, say, gets in too much debt, it can declare bankruptcy, but individuals can almost never be relieved of student debt through bankruptcy.”
Noam Chomsky
Truth About the Husband – H. L. Mencken Quote
“Strike an average between what a woman thinks of her husband a month before she marries him and what she thinks of him a year afterward, and you will have the truth about him.”
H. L. Mencken
Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche: We love life
“We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
Noam Chomsky on the Importance of the Occupy Movement
“The Occupy movement did create spontaneously communities that taught people something: you can be in a supportive community of mutual aid and cooperation and develop your own health system and library and have open space for democratic discussion and participation. Communities like that are really important.”
Noam Chomsky
Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche: In Every Real Man a Child is Hidden
“In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
The Future Influences the Present – Friedrich Nietzsche
“The future influences the present just as much as the past.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
Honor Means Upholding Values – Walter Lippmann
“He has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so.”
Walter Lippmann
Quote by Walter Lippmann about Good Leadership
“The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.”
Walter Lippmann
Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche about God and Praise
“I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.”
Friedrich Nietzsche