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“Power broken into a thousand pieces can be hidden and disowned.”
Sacred Scroll, p. 75
Waiting For The Barbarians (1997)
Contexte: Power broken into a thousand pieces can be hidden and disowned. If no individual or institution possesses the authority to act without of everybody else in the room, then nobody is at fault if anything goes wrong.
Source: Money And Class In America (1989), Chapter 8, Holy Dread, p. 197-198
Source: Money And Class In America (1989), Chapter 4, The Romance of Crime, p. 87
Source: Money And Class In America (1989), Chapter 5, Social Hygiene, p. 115
Dies Irae, p. 133
Waiting For The Barbarians (1997)
Source: Money And Class In America (1989), Chapter 10, Envoi, p. 237
Source: Money And Class In America (1989), Chapter 5, Social Hygiene, p. 125
Time Lines, p. 64
Waiting For The Barbarians (1997)
Abracadabra, p. 186
Waiting For The Barbarians (1997)
“Wars might come and go, but the seven o'clock news lives forever.”
Source: Money And Class In America (1989), Chapter 9, Coined Souls, p. 227
Time Lines, p. 64
Waiting For The Barbarians (1997)
“In the garden of tabloid delight, there is always a clean towel and another song.”
In The Garden Of Tabloid Delight, p. 195
Waiting For The Barbarians (1997)
Balzac's Garret, p. 88
Waiting For The Barbarians (1997)
Source: Money And Class In America (1989), Chapter 9, Coined Souls, p. 232
“The rich, like well brought up children, are meant to be seen, not heard.”
Source: Money And Class In America (1989), Chapter 6, The Precarious Eden, p. 151
Source: Money And Class In America (1989), Chapter 8, Holy Dread, p. 211
Source: Money And Class In America (1989), Chapter 4, The Romance of Crime, p. 105-106
“By the word "liberty" they meant liberty for property, not liberty for persons.”
Source: Money And Class In America (1989), Chapter 2, Protocols of Wealth, p. 33
Sacred Scroll, p. 73
Waiting For The Barbarians (1997)
“The state of perpetual emptiness is, of course, very good for business.”
Source: Money And Class In America (1989), Chapter 3, The Golden Horde, p. 59
Source: Money And Class In America (1989), Chapter 7, Descent Into The Mirror, p. 190
Preamble, p. 7
Money And Class In America (1989)
Washington Rain Dance, p. 17
Waiting For The Barbarians (1997)
Source: Money And Class In America (1989), Chapter 7, Descent Into The Mirror, p. 181
Source: Money And Class In America (1989), Chapter 1, The Gilded Cage, p. 20
“If we could let go of our faith in money, who knows what we might put in its place?”
Source: Money And Class In America (1989), Chapter 10, Envoi, p. 242
Money And Class In America (1989)
Source: Wordsmith.org, 2016.01.08
Source: Money And Class In America (1989), Chapter 1, The Gilded Cage, p. 28
