"The 20th century has been characterized by three developments of great political importance. The growth of democracy; the growth of corporate power; and the growth of corporate propaganda against democracy."

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Source : Alex Carey, Andrew Lohrey (1997). “Taking the Risk Out of Democracy: Corporate Propaganda Versus Freedom and Liberty”, p.18, University of Illinois Press

Alex Carey

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“I think the moment you try to make a movie for kids, you make garbage.”

Source : "‘Toy Story 3’ Filmmakers: This Is Not Kids’ Stuff". Interview with Steve Pond, www.thewrap.com. November 2, 2010.
“A man without scenery is completely disarmed.”
“If poverty is a disease that infects the entire community in the form of unemployment and violence, failing schools and broken homes, then we can't just treat those symptoms in isolation . We have to heal that entire community.”
“Happiness is not mere pleasure not the outcome of wealth. It is the result of active work rather than passive enjoyment of pleasure.”

Source : "How to be happy though rich or poor". Preface by Robert Baden-Powell to his book "Rovering to Success" (1922), 1930.
“When the President makes something a priority, we see action”
“Jacobins, I have a truth to tell you. You do not know your most deadly enemies; they are the constitutional priests. It is they who protest most in the provinces against anarchists, disorganisers, Dantonism, Robespierrism, Jacobinism... Do not cherish any longer the popular errors; cut at the roots of superstition! Declare openly that the priests are your enemies.”
“Democracy is necessitated by the fact that all men are sinners; it is made possible by the fact that we know it. ...”
“Women love only those whom they do not know!”

Source : Mikhail Lermontov (2012). “A Hero of Our Time”, p.108, Courier Corporation

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