Quote by Theodor Adorno
The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property:

The good man is he who rules himself as he does his own property: his autonomous being is modelled on material power. – Theodor Adorno

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He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest. – Theodor Adorno

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There will always be vain, obsessive people who want to own rare and extraordinary things whatever the cost there will always be people for whom owning beautiful, dangerous animals brings a sense of power and magic. – Susan Orlean

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Im sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power. – Alice Walker

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The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power. – Toni Morrison

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