Henry Giroux Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“America's addiction to violence is partly evident in the heroes it chooses to glorify.”

“As politics is disconnected from its ethical and material moorings, it becomes easier to punish and imprison young people than to educate them.”

“Domestic terrorism has opened new war zones, operating off the assumption that all Americans are potential terrorists.”

“The stories a society tells about itself are a measure of how it values itself, the ideals of democracy, and its future.”

“'American Sniper' is a film that erases history, spectacularizes violence, and reduces war and its aftermath to cheap entertainment, with an underexplained referent to the mental problems many vets live with when they return home from the war.”

“Democracy as a promise means that society can never be just enough and that the self-reflection and struggles that enable all members of the community to participate in the decisions and institutions that shape their lives must be continually debated, safeguarded, and preserved at all costs.”

“Democracy is not compatible with capitalism but is congruent with a version of democratic socialism in which the wealth, resources, and benefits of a social order are shared in an equitable and just manner.”

“I think that rather than saying that Occupy Wall Street has died, we can say that they're in the process of understanding what the long march through alternative institutions might mean.”

“Life is now a war zone, and as such, the number of people considered disposable has grown exponentially, and this includes low income whites, poor minorities, immigrants, the unemployed, the homeless, and a range of people who are viewed as a liability to capital and its endless predatory quest for power and profits.”

“Neoliberalism considers the discourse of equality, justice, and democracy quaint, if not dangerous and must be either trivialized, turned into its Orwellian opposite, or eviscerated from public life.”