Effect

Famous quotes containing the word effect:

“In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure tenure. They are in effect perpetual office seekers, always on trial for their political lives, always required to court their restless constituents.”
—Walter Lippmann (1889–1974)

“Governing today means giving acceptable signs of credibility. It is like advertising and it is the same effect that is achieved—commitment to a scenario.”
—Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)

“Before the effect one believes in different causes than one does after the effect.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)