Barnum System

Famous quotes containing the words barnum and/or system:

“It’s a Barnum and Bailey world,
Just as phony as it can be.”
—E.Y. Harburg (1898–1981)

“The individual protests against the world, but he doesn’t get beyond protest, he is just a single protester. When he wants to be more than that, he has to counter power with power, he has to oppose the system with another system.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)