“Quotations”

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
George Jean Nathan :  In the Gammage cup Carol refers many times to society, the book tells how some good people do not stick up for what is right because they are afraid that their social status will lower.

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone.
Keynes:  A group of friends were kicked out of society so now they can not live in their town any more.  They live in the wilderness and soon find out that an evil army of mushrooms are going to attack.  They finally convince the town that they are going to attack and in the end of the book they become heroes.

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.
Albert Einstein (1879-1955): Curley Green has always been told how to act.  She was told not to hang out with a group that did not like how society was run, even though Curley thought that the group was right. Finally at the end of the book she listens to herself.

People may or may not say what they mean ... but they always say something designed to get what they want.
David Mamet :  The Periods are a group of people who mainly run the town were the Gammage Cup takes place.  I don’t think they ever said or did what they meant, it was all for what they wanted, control over the town.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)  : Curley Green and her friends persevered to warn the town an attack was coming.  The town had thought that it was a false alarm.  In the end they were heroes.

You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.
Eric Hoffer : Curley Green and the group of friends figured out that the bad mushrooms were afraid of their special kind of swords.  These swords glow, so the mushrooms are afraid of light.