Levers – Quotes

Coincidence is the word

Coincidence is the word we use when we can’t see the levers and pulleys. Emma Bull

I am a political recidivist. An incorrigible, repeat voter. A career lever-pusher. My electoral rap sheet is as long as your arm. Over the course of three decades, I have voted for presidents and school board members. I have voted in high hopes and high dudgeon. I have voted in favor of candidates and merely … Read more

For charity purposes, how

For charity purposes, how do I help? A lot of prospective levers and tools have come into my life. Eduardo Saverin

Recorded history is largely

Recorded history is largely an account of the crimes and disasters committed by banal little men at the levers of imperial machines. Edward Abbey

In a word, removing

In a word, removing control farther away from the ordinary citizen and taxpayer is tantamount to giving the intelligent, far-sighted and public spirited elements in society a longer lever to work with. Edward Alsworth Ross

Why should not a

Why should not a writer be permitted to make use of the levers of fear, terror and horror because some feeble soul here and there finds it more than it can bear? Shall there be no strong meat at table because there happen to be some guests there whose stomachs are weak, or who have … Read more

It is probable that

It is probable that all heavy matter possesses – latent and bound up with the structure of the atom – a similar quantity of energy to that possessed by radium. If it could be tapped and controlled what an agent it would be in changing the world’s destiny! The man who put his hand on … Read more

Wars are the hobbies

Wars are the hobbies of half-informed children who have somehow come into possession of the levers of power. Fred Reed

I find, by close

I find, by close observation, that the mothers are the levers which move in education. The men talk about it . . . but the women work most for it. Frances Harper

No Zionist can forgo

No Zionist can forgo the smallest portion of the Land Of Israel. [A] Jewishstate in part [of Palestine] is not an end, but a beginning ….. Our possessionis important not only for itself … through this we increase our power,and every increase in power facilitates getting hold of the country in itsentirety. Establishing a [small] … Read more