Shock Doctrine

Famous quotes containing the words shock and/or doctrine:

    The pointless ferocities of intellectual life shock businessmen, who kill only to eat.
    Mason Cooley (b. 1927)

    She, too, would now swim down the river of matrimony with a beautiful name, and a handle to it, as the owner of a fine family property. Women’s rights was an excellent doctrine to preach, but for practice could not stand the strain of such temptation.
    Anthony Trollope (1815–1882)