The more there is a need to talk about the ideals of democracy, the less democratic the system usually is.

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.

The divine strength is greater than human strength.

I realizedJune had never beenjust a monthmusic...never just a trembleon my lipswarmth was nevermerely a blanket.

Symphony starts when you walk together, feel the heart beats and understand the unspoken words.

I hate to mention age, but I come from an era when we weren't consumed by technology and television.

Horsepower sells cars, torque wins races

Major religions are examples of 'noble lies' aimed at uplifting human stature.

I don't want to be rich, I just want to be loved.

Your relationships can only be as healthy as you are.

Our feeling is that the status quo often gets a boost and this is the new status quo.

Great music is in the ear of the beholder.