Portions of the book Money, Sex, Power & Faith by Steve McAllister
“There must be more equality established in society, or morality will never gain ground, and this virtuous equality will not rest firmly even when founded on a rock, if one half of mankind be chained to its bottom by fate, for they will be continually undermining it through ignorance or pride” – Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
“Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world’s problems?”
– Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes
The problem is as Edward Abbey stated it: “Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.”
“Nature shrinks as capital grows. The growth of the market cannot solve the very crisis it creates.” – Vandana Shiva, Soil Not Oil: Environmental Justice in an Age of Climate Crisis
“Any intelligent fool can invent further complications, but it takes a genius to retain, or recapture, simplicity.”- Ernst F. Schumacher
“I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial by strength, and bid defiance to the laws of our country.” – Thomas Jefferson
“In an individual, selfishness uglifies the soul; for the human species, selfishness is extinction.” – David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
The following is a chapter from Money, Sex, Power & Faith. Order your copy in paperback or for Kindle! “The owners of this country know the truth… it’s called the American dream because you have to be asleep to believe it!” – George Carlin In 1931, historian James Truslow Adams popularized …
“A gender-equal society would be one where the word ‘gender’ does not exist: where everyone can be themselves.” – Gloria Steinem
“Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it’s just the opposite.” – John Kenneth Galbraith
