Notable Quotable 101

Joel Walbert

Aug 17, 2023

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Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.

- Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune

It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.

- Upton Sinclair

If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us.

- Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark

Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.

- D. H. Lawrence

Forget the politicians. The politicians are put there to give you the idea you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you.

- George Carlin

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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.

- Fran Lebowitz

The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests.

- Charley Reese

A true world outlook is incompatible with a foreign imperialism, no matter how high-minded the governing country.

- Wendell Willkie

I think no one knows what humanitarian intervention means. If I were a person who was non-American, I would think humanitarian intervention is just another name for United States imperialism.

- Stanley Hauerwas

Judging from the experience of the European War, imperialism renders no great benefit to any nation, whereas liberty for all nationalities is the only principle by which humanity will ever be saved.

- Sun Yat-sen