A bombing was planned [in Syria], which would probably make the situation worse, but would at least establish US credibility.

Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt, they can't afford the time to think.

The general population doesn't know what's happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know.

That's the standard technique of privatization: defund, make sure things don't work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital.

Jingoism, racism, fear, religious fundamentalism: these are the ways of appealing to people if you're trying to organize a mass base of support for policies that are really intended to crush them.

There's a good reason why nobody studies history, it just teaches you too much.

The world is a very puzzling place. If you're not willing to be puzzled, you just become a replica of someone else's mind.

Democratic societies can't force people. Therefore they have to control what they think.

Nobody should have any illusions. The United States has essentially a one-party system and the ruling party is the business party.

If you want to control a population... give them a God to worship.

A language is not just words. It's a culture, a tradition, a unification of a community, a whole history that creates what a community is. It's all embodied in a language.

Every talent you have is not wasted. It is there because of a reason and God will open that door when the right time comes along to use it.

Fear does not prevent death. It prevents life.

Souls are dangerous things to carry straight through all the spilt saltpetre of this world.

Please don't get me wrong here. I'm not making fun of old people. In fact I think that's the goal of everybody here tonite. We all want to be an old person someday.

We can find common ground only by moving to higher ground.

We buy our way out of jail but we can't buy freedom, We buy a lot of clothes when we don't really need them, Things we buy to cover up what's inside.

I wonder what Adam and Eve think of it by this time.

It's your eyes. They're ... more serious than they used to be. Like they've seen things they shouldn't have.

If you're lazy, don't expect much in terms of success. You're owed nothing and success will not be given to you. It's earned.

I may not agree with what you have to say but I will fight you to the death for the right to fight you to the death.