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08 Jul 16
I'm writing a piece and I need help identifying a quote which I can only paraphrase. Who said "They think they're free because they vote; they're free for the five minutes they spent in the booth, but after they leave the booth they are slaves again."
And where did they say it?
Thanks for the help.
P.S. It's a poor paraphrase but you'll get the idea.
09 Jul 16
Originally posted by stevemcc“The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.” - Frank Zappa
I'm writing a piece and I need help identifying a quote which I can only paraphrase. Who said "They think they're free because they vote; they're free for the five minutes they spent in the booth, but after they leave the booth they are slaves again."
And where did they say it?
Thanks for the help.
P.S. It's a poor paraphrase but you'll get the idea.
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09 Jul 16
Originally posted by PonderableThanks but not the wrong. All I know is that it's a political writer. I've done a lot of Emerson and Thoreau the past several weeks but no luck yet. Don't think its Rousseau, but he's next
To be free means to choose, whose slave you want to be.
Jeanne Moreau
Probably not the Quote you look for I am still seeing what i can do
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09 Jul 16
Originally posted by stevemccHere's something like it:
I'm writing a piece and I need help identifying a quote which I can only paraphrase. Who said "They think they're free because they vote; they're free for the five minutes they spent in the booth, but after they leave the booth they are slaves again."
And where did they say it?
Thanks for the help.
P.S. It's a poor paraphrase but you'll get the idea.
"None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free."
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
http://www.nowandfutures.com/quotes.html
09 Jul 16
Originally posted by stevemccTry the research librarian at the New York Public Library.
I'm writing a piece and I need help identifying a quote which I can only paraphrase. Who said "They think they're free because they vote; they're free for the five minutes they spent in the booth, but after they leave the booth they are slaves again."
And where did they say it?
Thanks for the help.
P.S. It's a poor paraphrase but you'll get the idea.
10 Jul 16
Originally posted by stevemccSounds like something from The Newsroom with Jeff Daniels.
I'm writing a piece and I need help identifying a quote which I can only paraphrase. Who said "They think they're free because they vote; they're free for the five minutes they spent in the booth, but after they leave the booth they are slaves again."
And where did they say it?
Thanks for the help.
P.S. It's a poor paraphrase but you'll get the idea.