Pun/history

Famous quotes containing the words pun and/or history:

“A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a pocket.”
—John Dennis (1657–1734)

“The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful.”
—Noam Chomsky (b. 1928)