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“When sleep leaves the body like smoke and man, sated with secrets, drives the overworked nag of quarrel out of its stall, then the fire-breathing union begins anew . . .”

Men Body Sleep Secret Fire Unions Smoke Breathing Quarrels Nagging Sated

Book:O the Chimneys: Selected Poems, Including the Verse Play, Eli

Source: O the Chimneys: Selected Poems, Including the Verse Play, Eli

“Art is the one form of human energy in the whole world, which really works for union, and destroys the barriers between man and man. It is the continual, unconscious replacement, however fleeting, of oneself by another; the real cement of human life; the everlasting refreshment and renewal. For, what is grievous, dompting, grim, about our lives is that we are shut up within ourselves, with an itch to get outside ourselves. And to be stolen away from ourselves by Art is a momentary relaxation from that itching, a minute's profound, and as it were secret, enfranchisement.”

Source: The Complete Essays of John Galsworthy: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition

“We consider ourselves to be free because no one in our society is allowed unlimited powerno leader, faction, party or 'class', no majority, no government, church, corporation, trade, or professional association or trade union. The secret of its freedom is that it is composed of a multitude of organisations in the constitution of the best of which is reproduced that diffusion of power which is characteristic of the whole.”

“More frightening to me than any policy or politician is the ease with which the public is played for fools with words. The latest example is the 'Employee Freedom of Choice Act,' a bill that will do away with secret ballot elections among workers voting on whether to be represented by a union. It is an open invitation to intimidation - which is to say, loss of freedom of choice.”

Choices Loss Secret Policy Example Fool Politician Election Bills Unions Workers Ease Employee Voting Frightening Invitations Ballots Freedom Of Choice Intimidation

Author:Thomas Sowell