"The state is a social relationship; a certain way of people relating to one another. It can be destroyed by creating new social relationships; ie, by people relating to one another differently."

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Source : Gustav Landauer (2010). “Revolution and Other Writings: A Political Reader”, p.214, PM Press

Gustav Landauer

#Creating Quotes #People Quotes #Way Quotes

“The day I need a television puppet or clown to tell my children what's right and what's wrong, I'll bow out as a mother.”
“My doctor said I had OCD. I couldn't believe it. I had to call him nine times to make sure.”
“With the "old dog" stuff, maybe the term "old" is in there, but I'm 26. I'm not that old. It's mostly like, "Ah, you dirty old dog!" I'm saying it more like that. I'm still ripping. I'm ready to rip. I'll make a bunch more records and have a nice time. We'll see what happens.”
“In too deep to see the diamond, down too dark to see the gold. Now he won't let go of the shovel, and he cannot dig out of the hole.”
“...even on the low ground of common sense I seemed to be called to be a missionary. Is the kingdom a harvest field? Then I thought it reasonable that I should seek to work where the work was most abundant and the workers fewest.”
“A corporation's responsibility is to the shareholders, not its retirees and employees. Companies are doing everything they can to get rid of pension plans and they will succeed.”
“Sufficient sleep, exercise, healthy food, friendship, and peace of mind are necessities, not luxuries.”
“Now man cannot live without some vision of himself. But still less can he live with a vision that is not true to his inner experience and inner feeling.”

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