Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Boris Johnson

Quote by Boris Johnson

Author

Boris Johnson
Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson is a British politician who served as the Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. Born on June 19, 1964, in New York City, Johnson is recognized for his charismatic personality and controversial statements. He has held various political positions, including Member of Parliament for Henley and Mayor of London. more

You May Also Like

“We are members of the most destructive culture ever to exist. Our assault on the natural world, on indigenous and other cultures, on women, on children, on all of us through the possibility of nuclear suicide and other means--all these are unprecedented in their magnitude and ferocity.”

WorldMeanChildrenCultureNaturalPossibilityMembersSuicideNuclearDestructiveAssaultIndigenousNatural WorldUnprecedentedMagnitudeOther CulturesFerocity
Book:Listening to the Land: Conversations about Nature, Culture and Eros
Create image

“A very poor kid came up to me after a talk and said 'I want to go blow up a factory.' I asked how old he was and he said 17. I said 'have you ever had sex?' He said 'no.' I said 'just remember if you get caught you aren't going to have sex for twenty years at least.' That's not saying that one person having sex is worth the salmon. I'm not saying it's a reason not to act, I'm saying don't be stupid.”

IfsWantYearsPersonsSaidReasonKidsRememberSexPoorStupidTwentiesCaughtBlowFactoriesHaving SexSalmonThat One Person
Author:Derrick Jensen
Create image

“Slavery was a central concern of governance form the time of the first nation-state. The Code of Hammurabi, the earliest know set of laws for governing an empire, prescribed death for anyone who harbored a fugitive or otherwise helped a slave to escape. The relationship between the law and bondage goes back even farther: Indeed, the oldest extant legal documents don't concern the sale of land, houses, or even animals, but slaves.”

KnowsFirstsStatesFormLawHouseNationsAnimalLandConcernSlaverySlaveCodeEmpiresDocumentsBondageGovernanceGoverningFugitive
Book:The Culture of Make Believe
Create image

“I thought that, given the system of rewards central to our economic system, in which profit maximization is valued above all else and specifically above life, it is probably just as irresistible to the owners of capital (human or otherwise) to exploit workers (and the land): "Nothing personal," they say as they load their property onto the ship bound for the Middle Passage, "but a man's gotta turn a dime."”

MenHumansTurnsGivenEconomicLandMiddlePropertyRewardsWorkersBoundsProfitShipsOwnersPassagesLoadExploitsIrresistibleDimesEconomic SystemsMiddle PassageProfit Maximization
Book:The Culture of Make Believe
Create image