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“The consumption of food by a beast of burden does not become any less a necessary aspect of the production process because the beast enjoys what it eats.”

“Over the last several months, public figures from the pope downwards have bombarded us with injunctions to fight against the culture of excessive greed and consumption.

This disgusting spectacle of cheap moralization is an ideological operation if there ever was one: the compulsion (to expand) inscribed into the system itself is translated into a matter of personal sin, a private psychological propensity.”

"This rotation of crops is the vulgar, inartistic rotation and is based on an illusion. One is weary of living in the country and moves to the city; one is weary of one's native land and goes abroad; one is weary of Europe and goes to America etc.; one indulges in the fanatical hope of an endless journey from star to star... this method cancels itself and is the spurious infinity."

"Any author who is either so naive as to believe that everything depends on an honest will, on industry and effort, or so shameless as to offer for sale the product of the spirit will not be wanting in ardent invocation or brash forwardness."

“And for these men, ground down to such a misery, the utmost relief that society proposes, is to reduce their taxes or their rent.”

"The first impression that one gets of a ruler and of his brains is from seeing the men he has about him. When they are competent and faithful one can always consider him wise, as he has been able to recognize their ability and keep them faithful. But when they are the reverse, one can always form an unfavorable opinion of him, because he first mistake he makes is in making this choice."