History, sociology, economics, psychology et al. confirmed Joyce's view of Everyman as victim.

• The longer one is alone, the easier it is to hear the song of the earth.
• The Right's view of government and the Left's view of big business are both correct.
• A monopoly on the means of communication may define a ruling elite more precisely than the celebrated Marxian formula of monopoly in the means of production.
• Belief is the death of intelligence.
• The abandoned infant's cry is rage, not fear.
• Every war results from the struggle for markets and spheres of influence, and every war is sold to the public by professional liars and totally sincere religious maniacs, as a Holy Crusade to save God and Goodness from Satan and Evil.
• Pregnancy is a kind of miracle. Especially so in that it proves that a man and woman can conspire to force God to create a new soul.
• You know, I have found a new way to get high and stay spaced out for hours on end, and the government can't stop me... It's called senility.
• The Right's view of government and the Left's view of big business are both correct.
• When the rose and the cross are united the alchemical marriage is complete and the drama ends. Then we wake from history and enter eternity.