None is so hopelessly enslaved as he that truly believes he is free.
“People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments
should be afraid of the people.”―
Alan Moore,
“We are not afraid to entrust the American people
with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive
values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and
falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."
―
John F. Kennedy
“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the
truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the
real facts, and beer.”― Abraham Lincoln
“Elections belong to the people. It's their
decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds,
then they will just have to sit on their blisters.”― Abraham Lincoln
“If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us
do it.”― Mark Twain
“It is an axiom in my mind, that our liberty can
never be safe but in the hands of the people themselves, and that too of the
people with a certain degree of instruction. This it is the business of the
State to effect, and on a general plan.”― Thomas Jefferson
“Our great democracies still tend to think that a
stupid man is more likely to be honest than a clever man, and our politicians
take advantage of this prejudice by pretending to be even more stupid than
nature made them.”― Bertrand Russell, New Hopes for a
Changing World
“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread
winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false
notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your
knowledge.'” ― Isaac Asimov
“The first duty of a man is to think for himself” ―
José Martí
We're fickle, stupid beings with poor memories and
a great gift for self-destruction.” ― Suzanne Collins, Mockingjay
“What difference does it make to the dead, the
orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name
of totalitarianism or in the holy name of liberty or democracy?” --Mahatma Gandhi
A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of
government. It can only exist until the majority discovers it can vote itself largess
out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the
candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses
because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a
dictatorship, then a monarchy.” ― Elmer T Peterson
I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an emperor.
That's not my business. I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like
to help everyone if possible; Jew, Gentile, black man, white. We all should want to help one
another. Human beings could be
like that. We could want to
live by each other's happiness, not by each other's misery. We should not want to hate and
despise one another. Although, in most areas and in most countries, we are
badly overpopulated; should equality for all ever become fact rather than fantasy;
in this world there is still room for everyone. Thanks to Nature, Creator of
All’s, unerring foresight; the good earth is still rich and can still provide
for everyone. Human life still could be free and beautiful, but we have lost
the way. Greed has poisoned men's souls.
“You show me a capitalist, and I'll show you a
bloodsucker” ― Malcolm X
“Democracy must be something more than two wolves
and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.” ― James Bovard,
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