Quotes of Subversion - somelinesforyou

“ The sight of women talking together has always made men uneasy; nowadays it means rank subversion. ”

- Germaine Greer

“ You can't be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the ideology of a violet. ”

- Hal Borland

“ Clemenceau once said that war is too important to be left to the generals. When he said that, 50 years ago, he may have been right…but now, war is too important to be left to the politicians. They have neither the time, the training, nor the inclination for strategic thought…And I can no longer, sit around and allow Communist subversion, Communist corruption, and Communist infiltration of our precious bodily fluids. ”

- Col. Jack Ripper

“ Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity. In what we call art, it's one of the most desirable characteristics of a piece of work. ”

- Leonard Cohen

“ Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels — men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower
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