Questioning authority

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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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Questions Questioning authority The man Politics

Author

Thomas Pynchon

Source

Gravity's Rainbow

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1973 1970s 20th century

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Citation

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

That community is already in process of dissolution where each man begins to eye his neighbor as a possible enemy, where nonconformity with the accepted creed, political as well as religious, is a mark of disaffection; where denuciation, without specification or backing, takes the place of evidence; where orthodoxy chokes freedom of dissent; where faith in the eventual supremacy of reason has become so timid that we dare not enter our convictions in the open lists, to win or lose.

Learned Hand

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Topic

Diversity of opinion Questioning authority Dissent Red Scare

Speaker

Learned Hand

Medium

Speech

Language

English

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

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Hand, Learned. Speech to the Board of Regents. 24 Oct. 1952, University of the State of New York, Albany, NY, USA.

It is for us... To inquire constantly and persistently, when theories of national power or states' rights are propounded: "What interests are behind them and to whose advantage will changes or the maintenance of old forms accrue?" By refusing to do this we become victims of history-clay in the hands of its makers.

Charles A. Beard

An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States

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Political power Questioning authority

Author

Charles A. Beard

Source

An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States

Genre

Political literature

Language

English

Time

1935 1930s 20th century

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Citation

Beard, Charles A. An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States. The Macmillan Company, 1935, introduction.

Joel, you wanna know something? Every now and then say, "What the fuck." "What the fuck" gives you freedom. Freedom brings opportunity. Opportunity makes your future.

Risky Business

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Questioning authority

Speaker

Miles Dalby

Actor

Curtis Armstrong

Source

Risky Business

Genre

Teen (film) Comedy drama (film) Teen Comedy drama

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1983 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Risky Business. Directed by Paul Brickman, The Geffen Film Company, 1983.