Chris Hedges

Violence is a disease, a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause. ↗

— Chris Hedges

#war #violence

The violent subjugation of the Palestinians, Iraqis, and Afghans will only ensure that those who oppose us will increasingly speak to us in the language we speak to them—violence. ↗

— Chris Hedges

#blowback #iraq #palestinians #terrorism #violence

The enduring attraction of war is this: Even with its destruction and carnage it can give us what we long for in life. It can give us purpose, meaning, a reason for living. ↗

— Chris Hedges

#purpose #war #life

Unfettered capitalism is a revolutionary force that consumes greater and greater numbers of human lives until it finally consumes itself. ↗

— Chris Hedges

#death

A society without the means to detect lies and theft soon squanders its liberty and freedom. ↗

— Chris Hedges

#freedom

if we don’t rebel, if we’re not physically in an active rebellion, then it’s spiritual death. ↗

— Chris Hedges

#death

We are enjoined to love our neighbor, not our tribe. ↗

— Chris Hedges

#love #morality #religion #love

The belief that rational and quantifiable disciplines such as science can be used to perfect human society is no less absurd than a belief in magic, angels, and divine intervention. ↗

— Chris Hedges

#logic #rational #science #science

Rape, mutilation, abuse, and theft are the natural outcome of a world in which force rules, in which human beings are objects. ↗

— Chris Hedges

#beings #force #human #human beings #mutilation

The failure to dissect the cause of war leaves us open for the next installment. ↗

— Chris Hedges

#dissect #failure #installment #leaves #next