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Herbert Marcuse Quotes: Under the rule of a repressive whole, liberty can be made into a powerful instrument of domination.
         

Under the rule of a repressive whole, liberty can be made into a powerful instrument of domination.


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The truth of art lies in its power to break the monopoly of established reality to define what is real.



Art cannot change the world, but it can contribute to changing the consciousness and drives of the men and women who could change the world.

Art cannot change the world, but it can contribute to changing the consciousness and drives of the men and women who could change the world.



The spontaneous reproduction of superimposed needs by the individual does not establish autonomy; it only testifies to the efficacy of the control.

The spontaneous reproduction of superimposed needs by the individual does not establish autonomy; it only testifies to the efficacy of the control.



The Superego, in censoring the unconscious and in implanting conscience, also censors the censor.

The Superego, in censoring the unconscious and in implanting conscience, also censors the censor.



Most people are afraid of freedom. They are conditioned to be afraid of it.

Most people are afraid of freedom. They are conditioned to be afraid of it.



There is no free society without silence, without the internal and external spaces of solitude in which the individual freedom can develop.

There is no free society without silence, without the internal and external spaces of solitude in which the individual freedom can develop.



The music of the soul is also the music of salesmanship. Exchange value, not truth value counts. On it centers the rationality of the status quo, and all alien rationality is bent to It.

The music of the soul is also the music of salesmanship. Exchange value, not truth value counts. On it centers the rationality of the status quo, and all alien rationality is bent to It.



Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.

Free election of masters does not abolish the masters or the slaves.



Entertainment and learning are not opposites; entertainment may be the most effective mode of learning.

Entertainment and learning are not opposites; entertainment may be the most effective mode of learning.



The people recognize themselves in their commodities; they find their soul in their automobile, hi-fi set, split-level home, kitchen equipment.

The people recognize themselves in their commodities; they find their soul in their automobile, hi-fi set, split-level home, kitchen equipment.





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What do you do when you’re living in a hut for $500 a month and subsisting on Boston Market and Subway? You just keep doing what you’re doing.

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