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Quote by Clarence Darrow

“Someday I hope to write a book where the royalties will pay for the copies I give away.”

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Clarence Darrow was a prominent American lawyer known for his defense of controversial clients and his influential legal arguments. He was born on April 18, 1857, and passed away on March 13, 1938. more

“To know what Fascism really is we must first of all know what it is we are fighting, what the Fascist regimes really are and do, who puts up the money and backs Fascism in every country, and who owns the nations under such regimes, and why the natives of all Fascist countries must be driven into harder work, less money, reduced standards of living, poverty and desperation so that the men and corporations who found, subsidize and own Fascism can grow unbelievably rich.”

Knows Men Firsts Country Political Fighting Found Politics Nations Grows Poverty Rich He Man Standards Harder Driven Corporations Fascism Regimes Desperation Fascists Standards Of Living

Author:George Seldes

“When misguided public opinion honors what is despicable and despises what is honorable, punishes virtue and rewards vice, encourages what is harmful and discourages what is useful, applauds falsehood and smothers truth under indifference or insult, a nation turns its back on progress and can be restored only by the terrible lessons of catastrophe.”

“The powers of financial capitalism had a far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences.”

Source: Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time

“Corporations have neither bodies to be punished, nor souls to be condemned, they therefore do as they like.”

Soul Body Political Politics Corporations

Author:Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow

“Work is pushing matter around. Politics is pushing people around.”

People Matter Political Politics Pushing

Book:Heresies

Source: Heresies

“I propose getting rid of conventional armaments and replacing them with reasonably priced hydrogen bombs that will be distributed equally throughout the world.”

World Political Politics Bombs Conventional Propose Hydrogen Armament Hydrogen Bomb

Author:Idi Amin

“The FDA calls certain substances "controlled." But there are no "controlled substances," there are only controlled citizens.”

Political Certain Politics Citizens Substance Controlled Fda

Author:Thomas Szasz

“Being against the military because you are against war is like being against the Fire Department because you are against fire.”

War Political Politics Fire Military Department Against War Fire Department

Author:Jim McDonough

“I find it hard to understand why those who demand Unitary Education by the State do not also demand a Unitary Press by the State... Either the State is infallible, in which case we could not do better than to submit to it the entire domain of intelligent thought, or it is not, in which case it is no more rational to hand over education to it than the press.”

Hard States Hands Political Politics Cases Demand Intelligent Presses Rational Submit Domain Infallible

Author:Frederic Bastiat

“The best that we can do is to be kindly and helpful toward our friends and fellow passengers who are clinging to the same speck of dirt while we are drifting side by side to our common doom.”

Sides Can Do Common Fate Fellows Helpful Dirt Doom Passengers Clinging Drifting Specks

Book:The Story of My Life

Source: The Story of My Life

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