Bradley Farless

“In one of the wealthiest countries in the world, privation should not come with the job description, and survival should not be an aspiration.”
― Sarah Kendzior, The View From Flyover Country: Essays by Sarah Kendzior

“I ask: which of the two, civil or natural life, is more likely to become insufferable to those who live it? We see about us practically no people who do not complain about their existence; many even deprive themselves of it to the extent they are able, and the combination of divine and human laws is hardly enough to stop this disorder.”
― Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Basic Political Writings

“Everyone has a goal that he turns toward, so make your goal the doing of good wherever you are.  God will bring you all together (one day), for He has power over everything in the end.  [148] ”
― Anonymous, The Holy Qur'An In Today's English

“I think right-wing populists hate the `liberal elite` more than economic elites because they've grabbed all the jobs where you get paid to do something that isn't just for the money - the pursuit of art, or truth, or charity", notes David Graeber, an anthropologist whose ideas helped shape the Occupy movement. "All they can do if they want to do something bigger than themselves and still get paid is join the army.”
― Sarah Kendzior, The View From Flyover Country: Essays by Sarah Kendzior