Stupidity and Gender Roles – Friedrich Nietzsche
“Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
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H. L. Mencken on the Ten Commandments
“Say what you will about the ten commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten of them.”
H. L. Mencken
When Women Kiss – Quote by H. L. Mencken
“When women kiss it always reminds one of prize fighters shaking hands.”
H. L. Mencken
Man is a beautiful machine – H. L. Mencken
“Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.”
H. L. Mencken
Walter Lippmann Quote on Social Integration in America
“The great social adventure of America is no longer the conquest of the wilderness but the absorption of fifty different peoples.”
Walter Lippmann
Fear is the Mother of Morality – Friedrich Nietzsche
“Fear is the mother of morality.”
Friedrich Nietzsche
Men who are orthodox when young – Walter Lippmann
“Men who are orthodox when they are young are in danger of being middle-aged all their lives.”
Walter Lippmann
Near Miracle Nuclear War Avoided – Noam Chomsky
“It’s a near miracle that nuclear war has so far been avoided.”
Noam Chomsky
Human Nature – Quote by Noam Chomsky
“Humans have certain properties and characteristics which are intrinsic to them, just as every other organism does. That’s human nature.”
Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky Quote on Haiti and Power Politics
“In February 2004, the two traditional torturers of Haiti – France and the United States – combined to back a military coup and send President Aristide off to Africa. The U.S. denies him permission to return to the entire region.”
Noam Chomsky