Tuesday, June 28, 2005
“In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes.”
- John Kenneth Galbraith (b. 1908), American economist: ‘The United States’, published in “New York”, November 15, 1971, reprinted in “A View from the Stands”, 1986.
“Men tied fast to the absolute, bled of their differences, drained of their dreams by authoritarian leeches until nothing but pulp is left, become a massive sick Thing whose sheer weight is used ruthlessly by ambitious men. Here is the real enemy of the people: our own selves dehumanized into ‘the masses’. And where is David who can slay this giant?”
- Lillian Smith (1897 – 1966), American author: prologue to “The Journey”, 1954.
- John Kenneth Galbraith (b. 1908), American economist: ‘The United States’, published in “New York”, November 15, 1971, reprinted in “A View from the Stands”, 1986.
“Men tied fast to the absolute, bled of their differences, drained of their dreams by authoritarian leeches until nothing but pulp is left, become a massive sick Thing whose sheer weight is used ruthlessly by ambitious men. Here is the real enemy of the people: our own selves dehumanized into ‘the masses’. And where is David who can slay this giant?”
- Lillian Smith (1897 – 1966), American author: prologue to “The Journey”, 1954.
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