William Blum Quotes

The "trickle-down" theory: the principle that the poor, who must subsist on table scraps dropped by the rich, can best be served by giving the rich bigger meals.

William Blum

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• The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries.

  

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• Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage they are giving evidence at a coroner's inquest.

  

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• To denigrate the union movement in this way is to denigrate the right and the ability of people who are not rich to organize and to accomplish things together.

  

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• Describing passive violence in this culture is kinda like someone who is drowning in the middle of the ocean giving you the low-down on water. The only way you can really understand passive violence is by going somewhere far, far away from phones, news, TV, the Internet.

  

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• The "trickle-down" theory: the principle that the poor, who must subsist on table scraps dropped by the rich, can best be served by giving the rich bigger meals.

  

  William Blum
  • Giving
  • Rich
  • Poor