There certainly are those who worship the state much as divinities are worshipped. Not just the state but even leaders.

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 wealth of time is the only wealth that is more valuable than human resources.

The concept of maximum promotion of human rights to the expense of the majority of people in fact undermines the entire concept of the human community.

I can't point to any major episodes of sexual discrimination in my early life. But I was so aware of the crime, the shame that there was no use of my mother's ability and energy.

A wise man who cultivates wisdom may sometimes drown in it.

I loved competing and winning and also wanted to continue my career for the fans, knowing they were there for me and enjoyed watching me fight.

Part 5 The Voice- Make that my voice

Liberalism doesn't speak to ideals. Radicalism does.

Investors who find the best businesses to put their money behind are rewarded for their research.

So many means of self-destruction, so little time.

Many people must live and die alone, even in Winesburg.