“I think of the old slavery, and of the way The Economy has now improved upon it. The new slavery has improved upon the old by giving the new slaves the illusion that they are free. The Economy does not take people's freedom by force, which would be against its principles, for it is very humane. It buys their freedom, pays for it, and then persuades its money back again with shoddy goods and the promise of freedom. "Buy a car," it says, "and be free. Buy a boat and be free." Is this not the raw material of bad dreams? Or is it maybe the very nightmare itself?” PeopleThinkingWayGivingDoeDreamWould BeForcePayPrinciplesEconomyCarMaterialsPromiseIllusionSlaverySlaveBoatNightmareGoodsConsumerismHumaneBack AgainOverconsumptionRaw MaterialsBad Dream Book:Jayber Crow: A Novel Source: Jayber Crow: A Novel
“The devaluation of words and promises regarding free enterprise is, in principle, worse than the devaluation of the rouble” PrinciplesPromiseEnterpriseFree Enterprise Author:Dmitry Medvedev
“Nobody was talking about illegal immigration when Donald Trump entered this campaign. He was attacked from day one for putting the whole issue of the violence that is derived from certain individuals that come into this country illegally on the table. . . He is hearing from all sides. But I promise you, he is a decisive leader. He will stand on the principles that have underpinned his commitment to end illegal immigration in this country. And that's what people will learn more about in the days ahead.” PeopleEndsCountryWholeCertainIndividualSidesTalkingLeaderPrinciplesIssuesViolenceTrumpPromiseCommitmentTablesHearingCampaignsImmigrationIllegalI PromiseIllegal Immigration Author:Mike Pence
“Our Supreme Court has lifted the practice of buying legislation to the level of a constitutional principle by repeatedly protecting corporate spending for and against political candidates, as well as promises and threats of such spending to bribe and blackmail such candidates, by appeal to the free-speech clause of the First Amendment.” FirstsWellsPoliticalLevelsPrinciplesPracticePromiseSpeechCourtThreatSpendingSupremeAppealsCorporateCandidatesBuyingAmendmentsFree SpeechLegislationSupreme CourtFirst AmendmentBribeClausesBlackmailPolitical Candidates Author:Thomas Pogge
“You will reciprocally promise love, loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today, before God, you formulate.” WantHelpingTodayPrinciplesGraceHonestyDivinePromiseLoyaltyThis DayVowSolemnAnniversaryDivine GraceLoyalty Love Author:Pope John Paul II
“Resistances do not derive from a few heterogeneous principles; but neither are they a lure or a promise that is of necessity betrayed. They are the odd term in relations of power; they are inscribed in the latter as an irreducible opposite.” TermPrinciplesPromiseOppositesRelationResistanceOddLatterBetrayedLure Book:The History of Sexuality: An Introduction Source: The History of Sexuality: An Introduction
“Had you but seen it, I promise you, your high-minded principles would have melted like candle wax. Never would you have wished such beauty away.” PrinciplesPromiseCandleI Promise Author:Jennifer Donnelly
“In the world at large we seldom vote for a principle or a given state of affairs. We vote for a man who pretends to believe in that principle or promises to achieve that state. We don't want a man, we want a condition of peace and plenty-- or, it may be, war and want-- but we must vote for a man.” MenWorldWantBelieveMayWarStatesGivenPrinciplesAchieveConditionsPromiseVoteAffairPlenty Book:WALDEN TWO Source: WALDEN TWO