#total

If the old saying is true, that what one generation learns in school is the philosophy of the next, then the philosophy of the next generation will be totalitarianism. ↗

— John Whitehead

#totalitarianism #totalitarianism

You can build the Empire State Building. Train the Prussian army. Elevate the hierarchy of a totalitarian state higher than the throne of the Most High. But there are still people whose moral superiority defeats your own. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

#moral-superiority #morality #totalitarianism

Convinced that their own ideas were the key to the future of the world, that the fate of humanity rested on the outcome of their own doctrinal struggles, the Russian intelligentsia divided up the world into the forces of 'progress' and 'reaction', friends and enemies of the people's cause, leaving no room for doubters in between. Here were the origins of the totalitarian world-view. Although neither would have liked to admit it, there was much in common between Lenin and Tolstoy. ↗

— Orlando Figes

#tolstoy #totalitarianism

Despotic governments can stand 'moral force' till the cows come home; what they fear is physical force. ↗

— George Orwell

#dictatorship #interventionism #pacifism #totalitarianism #war

Winning is the science of being totally prepared. ↗

— George Allen, Sr.

#prepared #science #totally #winning

Totalitarianism is patriotism institutionalized. ↗

— Steve Allen

#patriotism #totalitarianism

I dare anybody to look at me and say I'm anorexic. I'm so totally not. ↗

— Fiona Apple

#anybody #dare #i #look #me

One thing I was thinking about the other day was you can't even conceive of the kinds of things you can do in movies today. The idea that you could draw, in a computer, dinosaurs and have them running around was totally impossible. ↗

— John Badham

#around #computer #conceive #could #day

I do a lot of media work, I've been investing and I'm involved with real estate. It's totally different from what I had been doing but I find it challenging and fun. To be honest, I really don't miss the track. I pretty well accomplished what I set out to do and it was time to move on. ↗

— Donovan Bailey

#been #challenging #different #doing #estate

I am highly offended by the total lack of acknowledgement of my contribution to Laker success. ↗

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

#am #contribution #highly #i #i am