John A. Hobson quotes

John A. Hobson quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“The tendency of all strong governments has always been to suppress liberty, partly in order to ease the processes of rule, partly from sheer disbelief in innovation.”
-- John A. Hobson

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“If there had been a strong democratic sentiment in Germany, Hitler would never have come to power . [Germans] deserved what they got when they went round crying for a hero.”
“Shammiji is said to be India's answer to Elvis Presley, but I say that Elvis Presley is America's answer to Shammi Kapoor. The mark of a good actor is the belief with which he gives a shot and Shammiji gave his each shot with a strong belief and that makes him a great actor of all times.”
“We need to take information, wherever it is stored, make our copies and share them with the world. We need to take stuff that's out of copyright and add it to the archive. We need to buy secret databases and put them on the Web. We need to download scientific journals and upload them to file sharing networks... With enough of us, around the world, weâ€™ll not just send a strong message opposing the privatization of knowledge â€” weâ€™ll make it a thing of the past. Will you join us?”

Source : "Guerilla Open Access Manifesto". Book by Aaron Swartz, July 2008.
“People are needed to take up the challenge, strong people, who proclaim the truth, throw it in people's faces, and do what they can with their own two hands.”
“I like people with depth, I like people with emotion, I like people with a strong mind, an interesting mind, a twisted mind, and also someone that can make me smile.”
“I've never needed government to hold my hand.”

Source : Song: Country Boy, Album: Town Line, 2011
“The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.”
“In order for answers to become clear, the questions have to be clear.”
“The search for safety takes its clearest form... in the compulsive-obsessive neurosis... to frantically order and stabilize the world so that no unmanageable, unexpected or unfamiliar dangers will ever appear.”
“In order to be artists we need to be in our studios, in our private rooms... in our private personal space... that sacred protected space, so we can make our work. That's the only work that's worth making, right? That's the place where we can be free enough and vulnerable enough to share what we have to share.”

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