Disagreement produces debate but dissent produces dissension. Dissent (which come from the Latin, dis and sentire) means originall...y to feel apart from others. People who disagree have an argument, but people who dissent have a quarrel. People may disagree and both may count themselves in the majority. But a person who dissents is by definition in a minority. A liberal society thrives on disagreement but is killed by dissension. Disagreement is the life blood of democracy, dissension is its cancer.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Junk is the ideal product ... the ultimate merchandise. No sales talk necessary. The client will crawl through a sewer and beg to ...buy.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Gold and silver are but merchandise, as well as cloth or linen; and that nation that buys the least, and sells the most, must alwa...ys have the most money.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
... when a great burly six feet of masculinity with sloping shoulders and unkempt beard swaggers in, and, throwing a roll of tobac...co into one corner of his jaw, growls out at me over the paper I am reading, "Here gurl," (I am past thirty) "you better git out 'n dis kyar 'f yer don't, I'll put yer out"Mmy mental annotation is Here's an American citizen who has been badly trained. He is sadly lacking in both "sweetness" and "light" ...LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
In dis world dey's many folks think dey's alive as ain't alive. Dey's alive accordin' to de whited sepulchers o' de world and dead... accordin' to de sperits o' de prophets. It's dem dey ought to cart away in hearses, brethren! It's dem dat's felt tingle within 'em de breath o' de Lawd, like a bird, like a maukin' in de woods, a song full o' warm honey, and all de same ain't follered de call, but has carried deir sperits in a hearse at de end o' de parade of de pomp o' de world. Hit's dem dat dade! Hit's dem dat's dade!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Griff: If I let you set up shop in this neighborhood, the people would chop me like a ripe banana. Kelly: Then why'd you buy ...my merchandise? Griff: I ... I was thirsty!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The mystical nature of American consumption accounts for its joylessness. We spend a great deal of time in stores, but if we don't... seem to take much pleasure in our buying, it's because we're engaged in the acts of sacrifice and self-definition. Abashed in the presence of expensive merchandise, we recognize ourselves ... as supplicants admitted to a shrine.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
She wants to throw the tribute away, dis-... gusted, and can't, it goes on buzzing in her ear, it changes the pace of her walk....LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal--that you can gather votes like box tops--is, I... think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »