"The corporations that profit from permanent war need us to be afraid. Fear stops us from objecting to government spending on a bloated military. Fear means we will not ask unpleasant questions of those in power. Fear permits the government to operate in secret. Fear means we are willing to give up our rights and liberties for promises of security. The imposition of fear ensures that the corporations that wrecked the country cannot be challenged. Fear keeps us penned in like livestock."

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Source : Chris Hedges (2011). “Death of the Liberal Class”, p.21, Nation Books

Chris Hedges

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“There is a plan, and your soul knows what it is.”
“Rather than regret for what I have written, I feel regret for what I shall never be able to read.”

Source : Antonio Tabucchi (1989). “Little Misunderstandings of No Importance”, p.8, New Directions Publishing
“Do we make ourselves into what we become or is it built into our genes, into the fate spun for us by whatever shapes events?”
“You'd look out and there'd be little babies watching the show, and boys and girls. They loved the cowboys, and they loved Annie. There were young people seeing the show for the first time. I stayed for two years because I enjoyed it so much.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“He who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.”
“Seven actors have played Batman on the big screen, and if you can name all seven without reading any further, your youth has been wasted.”
“Why should I read something someone made up when real events are so interesting?”

Source : "Frank Buckles: America's Last Living World War I Veteran" by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Staff, www.tbo.com. February 6, 2008.
“pleasure, n. The least hateful form of dejection.”

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