#cynical

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We are at heart so profoundly anarchistic that the only form of state we can imagine living in is Utopian; and so cynical that the only Utopia we can believe in is authoritarian.


Lionel Trilling


#authoritarian #believe #cynical #form #heart

I do believe that freedom isn't free - but today the corporate and political right wing is trying to cheapen this truly American value. They've been cynically using the word 'freedom' to rally the American public against its own best interests.


Richard Trumka


#american #american public #been #believe #best

Global terrorism is extreme both in its lack of realistic goals and in its cynical exploitation of the vulnerability of complex systems.


Jurgen Habermas


#complex #cynical #exploitation #extreme #global

I wish the masses of people would all follow my advice, because I'd throw it off a cliff.


Jarod Kintz


#cliff #cynical #funny #masses #funny

If the great Government of the United States were a private corporation no bank would take its name on a piece of paper, because it has cynically repudiated the words engraved upon its bonds.


Garet Garrett


#because #bonds #corporation #cynically #engraved

Cynically but accurately put, Americans oppose public intervention or regulation if it helps others, but favor it if it helps them - take social security, disaster relief, public works projects, for example.


Jon Meacham


#cynically #disaster #example #favor #for example

I was determined not to become an American citizen but I did it for completely cynical reasons: to avoid paying inheritance tax in the U.S.


Emily Mortimer


#american citizen #avoid #become #citizen #completely

It's very easy to be cynical about the hall of fame. But on the other hand, it's really a beautiful thing for someone like me. I dedicated my entire life to this music.


Tom Petty


#beautiful #beautiful thing #cynical #dedicated #easy

A cynical, mercenary, demagogic press will in time produce a people as base as itself.


Joseph Pulitzer


#cynical #itself #mercenary #people #press

I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you will remember over time are the films that stick in the consciousness of the audience in a good way.


Robert Redford


#audience #big #candy #consciousness #cotton