It is not a war. It is murder.

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.

Insofar as there shall always be a desire, there shall always be a want and there shall always be a need

If you know the road is steepy with many potholes and curves ahead, you will be informed to drive the car at a required speed. Knowledge is a guide you need to make choices in life.

WHY has no value, if you cannot rethink resourcefulness in a limited context.

If you cheat on reason with emotion you will go bankrupt.

There is no advancement to him who stands trembling because he cannot see the end from the beginning.

If you live long enough you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

Suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away.

I don't deny myself food. I'm no saint. I love butter and cream, but I also eat lots of grains and fruits.

If you wanted to torture me, you'd tie me down and force me to watch our first five videos.

To sell is above all to master the art and science of listening.