19 quotes found
“Tomorrow will use you the way you use today.”
“Only those prepared to go too far will learn how far they can go.”
“Everything subtracted from the present is added to the future with interest.”
“What is common becomes sense, but what is sensible doesn't always become common.”
“Economy: As an adjective, cheap; As a noun, that which compels us to render ourselves as such.”
“Victory will not go to those who can inflict the most suffering, but to those who can survive the most.”
“The authorities don't grant concessions out of the kindness of their hearts; they simply concede the reality of what their subjects are strong enough to compel from them. If you want political leve...”
“Domination is a relationship, not a condition; it depends on the participation of both parties. Hierarchical power is not just the gun in the policeman's hand; it is just as much the obedience of t...”
“If you are a warrior, the nature and scale of your enemies will determine the nature and scale of your actions. In this sense, it is even more important to choose your enemies more wisely than your...”
“Whom one is speaking to - or which aspect of their character - fundamentally determines the meaning and consequences of an exhortation. 'Indulge Your Desires' comes across very differently on a bil...”
“At first, one only recognizes particular instances to be worth of critique; critique appears synonymous with rejection, implying deficiency in the object. Over time, one discovers that everything w...”
“After simmering years of censorship and repression, the masses finally throng the streets. The chants echoing off the walls to build to a roar from all directions, stoking the courage of the crowds...”
“Only by concealing our identities can we shed the masks we have to wear at school, at work, even at home - everywhere there is surveillance, policing, punishment - masks that are increasingly indis...”
“Media is an assemblage of tools with which to expand an audience's conception of what "the world" is to such and extent that their own lives and capabilities seem utterly insignificant; a means of ...”
“Historically, the 'deadline' was the line around a prison beyond which prisoners were eligible for shooting. In keeping with shifts in the exercise of control, what one was delineated spatially ove...”
“In the United States, people don't revolt in order to obtain freedom, but continue denying it to others.”
“There is no returning to the masses - once your forays into theory have borne you far enough away from them that you can perceive them and the benefits of being among them. the only return is throu...”
“Right and wrong are superstitions; your desires, however, are real. Those who cannot achieve their desires, or who despair of doing so, often compensate by constructing imaginary frameworks. For ex...”
“Feeling that one has some leverage upon something, even by proxy or association, makes one a great deal more interested in it.”
