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The Greater Good: A Novel of Divided America

Book by Seth Daniel Parker · 3 quotes · Freedom, Capitalism, Socialism

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“My worst fear is that people will feel unheard, even if their opinions aren’t desirable. When people think of themselves as unheard, and their voices remain oppressed, they’ll speak in the only language in which all men are fluent: violence.”

Freedom Violence Oppressed

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“A man who devotes his time and efforts, under his own direction, at his own pleasure, from his own property, in order to “make others rich” is called a miserable wage slave by the socialist. Instead, they suggest that the man shed the shackles of this miserable burden by devoting his time and efforts, under the State’s direction, at the State’s pleasure, from the State’s property, in order to “make others less poor.”

Freedom Capitalism Socialism

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“The most devious and sinister acts of historical violence are always committed by tyrants with armies—not citizens with arms.”

Freedom Rights Arms Tyranny Right To Bear Arms

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