Ivan Illich Quote – Consumer Society
“In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.” – Ivan Illich
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Demetri Martin Quote – Fruit Baskets
“I like fruit baskets because they give you the ability to mail someone a piece of fruit without appearing insane. Like, if someone just mailed you an apple, you’d be like “Huh? What the hell is this?” but if it’s in a fruit basket, you’re like, “This is nice!”.” – Demetri Martin
Read moreJoseph Conrad Quote – The Conquest Of The Earth
“The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it.” – Joseph Conrad
Read moreOld Greek Proverb – A Society Grows Great
“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” – Old Greek proverb
Read moreAdlai Stevenson Quote – A Free Society
“A free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.” – Adlai Stevenson
Read moreJohn Stuart Mill Quote – Eccentricity In Society
“The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained.” – John Stuart Mill
Read morePaul Brooks Quote – Nobody Calls The Cops
“In America today you can murder land for private profit. You can leave the corpse for all to see, and nobody calls the cops.” – Paul Brooks
Read moreCarl T. Rowan Quote – Fools and Scoundrels
“A minority group has ‘arrived’ only when it has the right to produce some fools and scoundrels without the entire group paying for it.” – Carl T. Rowan
Read moreC.S. Lewis Quote – Make Him Happy
“Nearly all that we call human history — money, poverty, ambition, war, prostitution, classes, empires, slavery — [is] the long terrible story of man trying to find something other than God which will make him happy.” – C.S. Lewis
Read moreAlbert Pike Quote – Done for Others
“What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal.” – Albert Pike
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