If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers.

Thomas Pynchon

Gravity's Rainbow

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Topic

Questions Questioning authority The man Politics

Author

Thomas Pynchon

Source

Gravity's Rainbow

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

Pynchon, Thomas. Gravity's Rainbow. Viking Press, 1973.

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In this war, things get confused out there. Power, ideals, the old morality, practical military necessity. But out there with these natives, it must be a temptation to be God. 'Cause there's a conflict in every human heart, between the rational and the irrational, between good and evil, and good does not always triumph. Sometimes, the dark side overcomes what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature. Every man has got a breaking point. You and I have one. Walt Kurtz has reached his and very obviously, he has gone insane.

Apocalypse Now

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Topic
Good and evil Human nature Vietnam War
Speaker
General R. Corman
Actor
G. D. Spradlin
Source
Apocalypse Now
Medium
Film
Genre
Psychological drama (film) War (film) Psychological drama War
Language
English
Time
1979 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Apocolypse Now. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Omni Zoetrope, 1979.

Another quote about Politics

Democracy passes into despotism.

Socrates

Quoted in Republic, by Plato

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Topic
Political theory Democracy Tyranny Politics
Speaker
Socrates

Author

Plato
Source
Republic
Medium
Philosophical dialogue Dialogue
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
375 BC 370s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
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Original Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Πολιτεία [Republic], written by Plato. c. 375 BCE.

Current Citation

Socrates. Quoted in Republic, written by Plato, translated by Desmond Lee. Penguin Classics, 2007.