Understanding the spirit of our institutions to aim at the elevation of men, I am opposed to whatever tends to degrade them.
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Letter to Dr. Theodore Canisius (17 May 1859).Abraham Lincoln
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Personally I'm in favor of democracy, which means that the central institutions in the society have to be under popular control. Now, under capitalism we can't have democracy by definition. Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are in principle under autocratic control. Thus, a corporation or an industry is, if we were to think of it in political terms, fascist; that is, it has tight control at the top and strict obedience has to be established at every level -- there's a little bargaining, a little give and take, but the line of authority is perfectly straightforward. Just as I'm opposed to political fascism, I'm opposed to economic fascism. I think that until major institutions of society are under the popular control of participants and communities, it's pointless to talk about democracy.
Noam Chomsky
Degrade first the arts if you'd mankind degrade,
Hire idiots to paint with cold light and hot shade.William Blake
The spirit of contempt is the true spirit of Antichrist; for no other is more directly opposed to Christ.
Henry Giles
The spirit of contempt is the true spirit of Antichrist; for no other is more directly opposed to Christ.
Jesus Christ
The true religion of Jesus Christ our Saviour is that which penetrates, and which receives all the warmth of the heart, and all the elevation of the soul, and all the energies of the understanding, and all the strength of the will.
Arthur Penrhyn Stanley
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