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Subversive Quotes (page 3)

I. F. Stone quote: "Facts are subversive"
Facts are subversive I. F. Stone
To make a contented slave,’ [Frederick] Bailey later wrote, ‘it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken his moral and mental vision, and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason.’ This is why the slaveholders must control what slaves hear and see and think. This is why reading and critical thinking are dangerous, indeed subversive, in an unjust society. Carl Sagan
Her father was frightened by a strange bed or a foreign language or a political party he didn't belong to. Her father truly believed that the Democratic party was a subversive organization whose design would destroy the United States and put it in the hands of bearded communists. John Steinbeck
The new always carries with it the sense of violation, of sacrilege. What is dead is sacred; what is new, that is different, is evil, dangerous, or subversive. Henry Miller
Sometimes people get mad at The Simpsons' subversive story telling, but there's another message in there, which is a celebration of making wild, funny stories. Matt Groening
Germaine Greer quote: "The sight of women talking together has always made men..."
The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy; nowadays it means rank subversion. Germaine Greer
Andy Goldsworthy quote: "I enjoy working in a quiet and subversive way."
I enjoy working in a quiet and subversive way. Andy Goldsworthy
I've never been a popular person, but it doesn't matter. I have everything in my life that I want. I'm not a walking publicity stunt. I'm not an anarchist, or bitter. I'm not trying to be subversive. I just try to remain unguarded, unprotected by fear, and agents and publicists, and I feel comfortable that way. Vincent Gallo
Dario Fo quote: "Comedy makes the subversion of the existing state of affairs..."
Comedy makes the subversion of the existing state of affairs possible. Dario Fo
U.S. journalists I don't think are very courageous. They tend to go along with the government's policy domestically and internationally. To question is seen as being unpatriotic, or potentially subversive. Robert Fisk
The Western musical canon came about not merely by accumulation, but by opposition and subversion, both to the ruling powers on whom composers depended for their livelihoods and to other musics. Brian Ferneyhough
Dwight D. Eisenhower quote: "May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion."
May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to try to make of surrealism something as solid, complete and classic as the works of museums. Salvador Dali
Bob Woodward quote: "Nixon's attempts to order subversion of various departments..."
Nixon's attempts to order subversion of various departments was bound to come out in some form. Bob Woodward

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