"For the machine, because of the way it is built, can work only in a given direction, no matter who pulls its levers."

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Source : "Nationalism and Culture" by Rudolf Rocker, translated by Ray E. Chase, Book II, (Ch. 12), 1952.

Rudolf Rocker

#Matter Quotes #Way Quotes #Machines Quotes

“It isn't bread that feeds you; it is life and the spirit that feed you through bread.”
“Islamophobia, in all its guises, seeks to minimise the importance of the individual and maximise the importance of the group. Yet our instinctive stance ought to be one of suspicion towards such endeavours. For individuals are undeniably real. Groups, on the other hand, are assertions of opinion.”
“Some say that true love is a mirage; seek it anyway, for all else is surely desert.”
“The nerves are good... they keep you on point and they keep you not getting overconfident.”
“If a tax on malt would raise the price of beer, a tax on bread must raise the price of bread.”

Source : David Ricardo, John Ramsay McCulloch (1852). “The Works of David Ricardo. With a notice of the life and writings of the author: by J. R. McCulloch”, p.153
“Remember, 'Rome was not built in a day.' Instant success is never possible. Competence results only from sustained, consistent, self-disciplined effort over an extended period of time.”
“As long as I play ball, I can get any woman I want.”
“Though we cannot think alike, may we not love alike? May we not be of one heart, though we are not of one opinion? Without all doubt, we may. Herein all the children of God may unite, notwithstanding these smaller differences.”

Source : John Wesley (1980). “John Wesley”, p.93, Oxford University Press

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