"Intellectuals ... advertise their superiority to political practice but are absolutely in its thrall. ... It is no accident that Marxist theory and practice use the intellectuals as tools and keep them in brutal subservience."

-- Allan Bloom

#Practice Quotes #Political Quotes #Tools Quotes

“I think I'd be a good pimp cuz I'd never beat my ho's.”
“I had never understood quite so clearly the effective power of Jane Jacob's writing - no, her clear-headed observation - as I did reading â€œWhat We Seeâ€. Maybe that's really the point of writing. That if you take the time to look, to really observe, then you see what is happening, and, with the clarity of that vision, you can act to save neighborhoods.”
“The authors of all our misfortune.”
“This is the permanent tension that lies at the heart of a capitalist democracy and is exacerbated in times of crisis. In order to ensure the survival of the richest, it is democracy that has to be heavily regulated rather than capitalism.”

Source : Tariq Ali (2011). “The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad”, p.75, Verso Books
“I know we will create a society where there are no rich or poor, no people without work or beauty in their lives, where money itself will disappear, where we shall all be brothers and sisters, where every one will have enough.”
“So do you want a turd sandwich or a turd sandwich with mustard. I'd go with the mustard, but still, it's a turd sandwich.”
“I had to go. A spirit in my feet said 'go,' and I went.”
“If your only arbiter of anything is money, really you should... go and rob banks.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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