Michael Parenti Quotes
Best 14 Other Quotes by Michael Parenti
“Apathy's a problem but who cares?”
“As demonstrated in Russia and numerous other countries, when faced with a choice between democracy without capitalism or capitalism without democracy, Western elites unhesitatingly embrace the latter.”
“Capitalism is not just an economic system but an entire social order. Once it takes hold, it is not voted out of existence by electing socialists or communists.”
“No surprise then that the pure socialists support every revolution except for the ones that succeed.”
“People who think they're free in this world just haven't come to the end of their leash yet.”
“The enormous gap between what US leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of the great propaganda accomplishments.”
“The first atrocity, the first war crime committed in any war of aggression by the aggressors is against the truth.”
Book of the Week
A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing by Burton Malkiel
“The inflated numbers of the crimes of Stalin offered by cold-war scholars serve neither historical truth nor the cause of justice but merely help to reinforce a knee-jerk fear and loathing of those terrible Reds.”
“The powers that be not only try to control events, but they try to control our memory and understanding of these events, which is part of controlling the events themselves.”
“The problem with capitalism is that it best rewards the worst part of us: the ruthless, competitive, conniving, opportunistic, acquisitive drives, giving little reward and often much punishment-or at least much handicap-to honesty, compassion, fair play, many forms of hard work, love of justice, and a concern for those in need.”
“The third world is not poor. You don't go to poor countries to make money. Most countries are rich. Only the people are poor. Ordinary people pay the costs of empire. These countries are not underdeveloped, they are over exploited.”
“You don’t know you’re wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day.”
“You see there are people who believe the function of the police is to fight crime, and that's not true, the function of the police is social control and protection of property.”
“You will have no sensation of a leash around your neck if you sit by the peg. It is only when you stray that you feel the restraining tug.”
Book of the Week
A Random Walk Down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing by Burton Malkiel
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