Quotes About Control

I expected an ultimatum from my banker by every post. Yet this influence was nothing to the other.

The censor's sword pierces deeply into the heart of free expression.

Clearly Hitler was not the representative of any single group or class but many groups at the same time. [...] He had no choice if he wanted to stay in power, for no group was so powerful that he could base his power on it alone

It might benefit all of us to realise that systematically forcing the individual to misplace their attention is a hallmark of fascism

This is almost childish." one might think. "It seems infantile" And it is. That's why, first and foremost, such leaders need to infantilise the people.

our eagerness to understand people's desire to be slaves has had us glued to our smartphones and computer screens seeking answers, and the process has become so time consuming and so fulfilling that we have felt as if things are not actually happening to us.

Once you infantilise the common political narrative, it becomes easier to mobilise the masses, and from then on you can promise them anything.

Like Putin, from his early days in power Erdo?an created a loyal web of vassals, and gradually transformed the decision-making process for matters concerning the nation's finances until every economic transaction, from the most micro to the most macro, was in some way connected to him.

When I see Mark Zuckerberg with his T-shirts and jeans and trainers, I always think of Umberto Eco saying fascism doesn't always show up in uniform. Now we know it can also appear in casual wear.

lovely young lady is telling you, pal, is, you're cut off. The gravy train just pulled into its last stop. I know the sound of those brakes." I yanked the curtain out of Mr. Rose's hand, scowled, and turned back to Mr. Williams. "What's your number, girl?" he demanded. I almost laughed. As in the prison system, Mr. Williams thought we went by numbers

Wealth wants to be able to do whatever the fuck it wants to... And it's winning the war.

I prefer to control my brain's dopamine reactions myself. Not be at the mercy of... butterflies.

Midnighter: I told you this wasn't going to end well... Bendix: ...but...I did what you...what the Authority...never could...fixed earth... Midnighter: No. You just gave them peace through corporate control and ignorance... through mindless consumerism. Bendix: Bulls*%t! The air is clean...no wars...people are happier...you can't deny...it's a finer world.

People really feel that, when they go to the gas pump now, that the oil cartel is holding them by the legs and tipping them upside down and shaking money out of their pockets.

Because God is in control and will redeem all things, I can be calm, bold, and gracious as I share the gospel.

Behind every great domain is a great Domain controller

Religion should be about your relationship with God, not what the church says you can and can't do.

What's really notable about the Logi's refusal to engage with us in our own language and media is how they've forced us to communicate on their terms. Our dire economic need to forge a productive relationship with another species has made us accept them and their demands. This gives them a lot more control over how they're seen, meanwhile forcing us to put all the effort into communication, such as our network of translators.

if you can control the stories a culture tells about itself, you can control who they are.

But maybe people don't want fantasy, they want to feel they're in control, that they're playing by rules they understand and that it's possible to win.

When a black man, whose destiny and identity have always been controlled by others, decides and states that he will control his own destiny and rejects the identity given to him by others, he is talking revolution." That threat to the social order releases fears that further contaminate our politics.

When a black man, whose destiny and identity have always been controlled by others, decides and states that he will control his own destiny and rejects the identity given to him by others, he is talking revolution." That threat to the

That's what the army did, it created crises before any existed; it created a military emergency out of the void, the way God created the heavens and the earth.

Governments should not possess instruments of coercion and violence denied to their citizens.