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“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if
you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.”
― Friedrich
Nietzsche
“The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike
than those who think differently.”
― Friedrich
Nietzsche
“Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.”
― John Steinbeck
“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.”
― Seneca
“I once saw a snake having sex with a vulture, and I thought, It’s just business as usual in Washington
DC.”
― Jarod Kintz,
The Days of Yay are Here!
Wake Me Up When They're Over.
“Whereas it appeareth that however certain forms of government are better calculated than others
to protect individuals in the free exercise of their natural rights, and are at the same time themselves
better guarded against degeneracy, yet experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms, those
entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny; and it is believed
that the most effectual means of preventing this would be, to illuminate, as far as practicable, the
minds of the people at large, ....whence it becomes expedient for promoting the publick happiness that
those persons, whom nature hath endowed with genius and virtue, should be rendered by liberal education
worthy to receive, and able to guard the sacred deposit of the rights and liberties of their fellow
citizens, and that they should be called to that charge without regard to wealth, birth or accidental
condition of circumstance.”
― Thomas Jefferson,
Writings: Autobiography/Notes
on the State of Virginia/Public & Private Papers/Addresses/Letters
“The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful.” ― Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.” ― Theodore Roosevelt
“In the present case it is a little inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible to any public office of trust or profit in the Republic. But I do not repine, for I am a subject of it only by force of arms.” ― H.L. Mencken
“I think that God that we have created and allowed to shape our culture through, essentially Christian theology is a pretty villainous creature. I think that one of the things that male patriarchal figure has done is, allowed under it's, his church, his wing, all kinds of corruptions and villainies to grow and fester. In the name of that God terrible wars have been waged, in the name of that God terrible sexism has been allowed to spread. There are children being born all across this world that don't have enough food to eat because that God, at least his church, tells the mothers and fathers that they must procreate at all costs, and to prevent procreation with a condom is in contravention with his laws. Now, I don't believe that God exists. I think that God is creation of men, by men, and for men. What has happened over the many centuries now, the better part of two thousand in fact, is that that God has been slowly and steadily accruing power. His church has been accruing power, and the men who run that church, and they are all men, are not about to give it up. If they give it up, they give up luxury, they give up comfort.” ― Clive Barker
“The Supreme Court has ruled that they cannot have a nativity scene in Washington, D.C. This wasn't for any religious reasons. They couldn't find three wise men and a virgin.” ― Jay Leno“Dear Government... I'm going to have a serious talk with you if I ever find anyone to talk to.” ― Stieg Larsson, The Girl Who Played with Fire
“If absolute power corrupts absolutely, where does that leave God?” ― George Deacon
“Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.” ― Henry Kissinger“Insider trading is a serious crime. Do you know what the penalty for doing it is? Nothing, if you’re a member of Congress.” ― Jarod Kintz, At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.
“When honor and the Law no longer stand on the same side of the line, how do we choose[?]” ― Anne Bishop, Heir to the Shadows“You know, it's pretty easy reading this book to see why I was angry and confused for all those years. I lived my life being told different stories: some true, some lies and I still don't know which is which. Children are born innocent. At birth we are very much like a new hard drive - no viruses, no bad information, no crap that's been downloaded into it yet. It's what we feed into that hard drive, or in my case "head drive" that starts the corruption of the files.” ― Nikki Sixx, The Heroin Diaries: A Year In The Life Of A Shattered Rock Star
“Can America get back to a point where politicians are honest? Not unless that point is the tip of a sword.” ― Jarod Kintz, Who Moved My Choose?: An Amazing Way to Deal With Change by Deciding to Let Indecision Into Your Life“It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.” ― Mark Twain
“Power-lust is a weed that grows only in the vacant lots of an abandoned mind. ” ― Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged“When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads.” ― Ron Paul
“Forget the politicians. The politicians are put there to give you the idea you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice. You have owners. They own you. They own everything. They own all the important land, they own and control the corporations that've long since bought and paid for, the senate, the congress, the state houses, the city halls, they got the judges in their back pocket, and they own all the big media companies so they control just about all of the news and the information you get to hear. They got you by the balls. They spend billions of dollars every year lobbying to get what they want. Well, we know what they want. They want more for themselves and less for everybody else. But I'll tell you what they don't want. They don't want a population of citizens capable of critical thinking. They don't want well informed, well educated people capable of critical thinking. They're not interested in that. That doesn't help them.” ― George Carlin“You can't let the truth bring out the worst and let it get the best of you.” ― Criss Jami, Diotima, Battery, Electric Personality
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