Quotes About Control

Socialism doesn't work. A big government doesn't work.

So far I go with the Socialists as to think it a pretty general rule that, where monopoly is necessary, it is better in public hands.

The extreme socialists desire to run every nation as a single business concern.

Democracy in a socialist country is freedom in chains.

All across the country, the DSA socialists are mobilizing to stop Eric Adams. They realize if I'm successful, we're going to start the process of regaining control of our cities.

'Socialize' means we turn more of our personal powers over to Big Brother, not free enterprise.

Monopoly controls have been the exception in free societies; they have been the rule in closed societies.

They're such hierarchical things, film sets, they're sort of mini societies. Often they're incredibly political places.

In contrast, fear societies are societies in which dissent is banned.

American influence in the world is certainly considerable, but the United States does not control, directly or indirectly, the politics and economics of other societies, as empires have always done, save for a few special cases that turn out to be the exceptions that prove the rule.

In the matriarchy, which happens in a little microcosm across the blogosphere, we have these mini 'women in control' societies. And what I've noticed... is, under the guise of empowering women, they end up being real cruel. And I think, 'Jeez, here in my patriarchy, we wouldn't do that.'

The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots.

The fact is that censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates, in the end, the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.

The public school has become the established church of secular society.

The general will rules in society as the private will governs each separate individual.

Censorship always defeats it own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion.

The pervasiveness of guns in our society is destroying America.

You can have a soda every once in awhile, but don't drink a gallon of it a day.

Brains don't really smell, but what's amazing about the brain is that it's almost like scrambled eggs or soft tofu, almost like a gel. The brain controls so much of what we do, but you could put your finger right through it.

You need to have one element about your outfit that is imperfect, that says you live in it and you're not letting it control you. I think men and women both need a softness about them with formal wear.

Governments are scared of software.

So many commercial orgs have software where you can come and modify it, but they still control everything. And what's controlled is very clearly what's good for their business, or if they're more progressive, their view of what's good for the Internet.

I believe our basic information, our 'software', should be free and open for everyone to play with, to compete with, to try and make products from. I do not believe it should be under the control of one person.

One thing is that I wasn't getting booked that well, and they had control over who got the awards, they had control over who sold. And they really did not want Willie or me, either one, to have a hit record. They wanted the money, but they didn't want us to be the ones.