Quotes... 02

1) “Power does what it wants. [...] Forget the politicians, they’re an irrelevancy.

 The politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. 

You don’t. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything

.[...] they own this fucking place. It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it. You and I are not in ‘the big club.’”

 - George Carlin

2_ “Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced. 

It is an open secret that the dangerous increase of crime in this country is closely connected with this.

”~~ Albert Einstein, “My First Impression of the USA” (1921)

3) Nil carborundum bastardo -'Don't let the bastards wear your down" - ________

4)  Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience.

Our problem is that people all over the world have obeyed the dictates of leaders and millions have been killed because of this obedience.

Our problem is that people are obedient all over the world in the face of poverty and starvation and stupidity, and war, and cruelty.

Our problem is that people are obedient while the jails are full of petty thieves and the grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem.

~ Howard Zinn

5) “The aim of public school is not to spread enlightenment at all;

 it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed a standard citizenry , 

to put down dissent and originality.”

- HL Mencken

6) “Driving fast, drinking cheap beer and smashing windows isn’t rebellion. The best form of rebellion is individualism. Thinking for yourself.”
- Martin Roach, Dr Martens History

7) On alcohol:
“I think the warning labels on alcoholic beverages are too bland. They should be more vivid. Here is one I would suggest:

 ‘Alcohol will turn you into the same asshole your father was.'

 - George Carlin (When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops, 2005)

8) Those who are able to see beyond the shadows and lies of their culture will never be understood, let alone believed, by the masses

. --Plato

9) It is impossible to write fiction about the Mormans, for the reasons that Morman institutions and Morman society are so peculiar that they call for constant explanation.

  -  Wallace Stegner, Morman Country

10) "The question about the writer isn't 'Why does he behave so badly? but 'What does he gain by wearing this mask?'"- Philip Roth