“I knew that a historian (or a journalist, or anyone telling a story) was forced to choose, out of an infinite number of facts, what to present, what to omit. And that decision inevitably would reflect, whether consciously or not, the interests of the historian.”
― A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
― A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.”
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“A company can’t buy true emotional commitment from managers no matter how much it’s willing to spend; this is something too valuable to have a price tag. And yet a company can’t afford not to have it.”
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“Democratic ideas cannot exist without the public spheres that make them possible.”
― Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism
― Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism
“For our discussion is about no ordinary matter, but on the right way to conduct our lives.”
― The Republic
― The Republic
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