Category: Quotes

Way to keep people passive

"The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum - even encourage the more critical and dissident views. That gives people the sense that there's… more »

People do not think

"What good fortune for those of us in power that people do not think." -Adolf Hitler more »

"In History, stagnant waters, whether they be the stagnant waters of custom or those of despotism, harbour no life; life is dependent on the ripples created by a few eccentric individuals. In homage to that life & vitality, the community has to brave… more »

If the Nuremberg laws were applied today

"If the Nuremberg laws were applied today, then every Post-War American president would have to be hanged." Noam Chomsky ----- more »

A necessary evil

"Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins ... Society is in every state a blessing, but Government, even in its best state,… more »

The slime of a new bureaucracy

"The Revolution evaporates, & leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy. The chains of tormented mankind are made out of red tape." Franz Kafka ----- more »

Resistance to government

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. -- Thomas Jefferson ----- more »

Advice to Young Men from an Old Man

via craigslist Date: 2007-02-15, 9:08AM PST Advice to Young Men from an Old Man 1. Dont pick on the weak. Its immoral. Dont antagonize the strong without cause, its stupid. 2. Dont hate women. Its a waste of time 3. Invest in yourself. Material things… more »

a few million people

Why do you necessarily have to be wrong just because a few million people think you are? -- Frank Zappa ----- more »

Waterboarding is torture and torture is wrong

All of our US servicemen (and women) can now expect to be tortured when captured. They can thank Porter Goss and the Bush administration. Our leaders are war criminals and they're putting Americans in grave, unnecessary danger. Photo: Karim Ben Khel… more »

The Tyranny of Party

"Look at the tyranny of party--at what is called party allegiance, party loyalty--a snare invented by designing men for selfish purposes--and which turns voters into chattles, slaves, rabbits, and all the while their masters, and they themselves are shou… more »

People's beliefs and convictions

"In religion and politics people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other non… more »