Quoty: quotes tagged with 'conformity'

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad...

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

Author: George Washington, Source: unknown
Saved by jordy in principle conformity

The great political problem in our modern democ...

The great political problem in our modern democracy is how to induce our leaders to lead.... No serious sociologist any longer believes that the voice of the people expresses any divine or specially wise and lofty idea. The voice of the people expresses the mind of the people, and that mind is made up for it by the group leaders in whom it believes and by those persons who understand the manipulation of public opinion. It is compose of inherited prejudices and symbols and clich�s and verbal formulas supplied to them by the leaders.
Author: Edward Bernays, Source: Propaganda, p. 109
Saved by cboyack in politics government propaganda lie public leader opinion democracy conformity

Give me control over a man's economic actions, ...

Give me control over a man's economic actions, and hence over his means of survival, and except for a few occasional heroes, I'll promise to deliver to you men who think and write and behave as I want them to.
Author: Benjamine A. Rooge, Source: Unknown
Saved by cboyack in control liberty money economy survival conformity