Ends of the Earth Quotes

“History tells us that most disasters have been caused by a man with something to prove.”
― Colin Falconer, Ends of the Earth

“Men who love power are unfit to govern, and those who are fit never want to. You are wasting your time. One day we will be dust and it will all be meaningless.”
― Colin Falconer, Ends of the Earth

“But slowly, democracy was being replaced by populism. Men like Caesar and Clodius knew how to move public opinion for their own ends, and it was depressing how easily the common people could be led. Feed them horseshit, and they swallowed it, using both hands to cram it in. All a rich man had to do, was give them gladiator combats and horse races, and they would follow him to Hades and back. It didn’t seem to matter that he was a scoundrel who was bringing the economy to its knees for the sake of his own personal advancement.”
― Colin Falconer, Ends of the Earth

“But slowly, democracy was being replaced by populism. Men like Caesar and Clodius knew how to move public opinion for their own ends, and it was depressing how easily the common people could be led. Feed them horseshit, and they swallowed it, using both hands to cram it in.”
― Colin Falconer, Ends of the Earth

“Men like Caesar and Clodius knew how to move public opinion for their own ends, and it was depressing how easily the common people could be led.”
― Colin Falconer, Ends of the Earth