“It's a mistake to think that poor people get the benefit from the welfare system. It's a total fraud. Most welfare go to the rich of this country: the military-industrial complex, the bankers, the foreign dictators, it's totally out of control... This idea that the government has services or goods that they can pass on is a complete farce. Governments have nothing. They can't create anything, they never have. All they can do is steal from one group and give it to another at the destruction of the principles of freedom, and we ought to challenge that concept.” PeopleThinkingGivingIdeasCountryGovernmentCan DoChallengesPoorMistakePrinciplesRichGroupsMilitaryOughtBenefitsConceptsDestructionComplexesStealingWelfareGoodsFraudDictatorPoor PeopleBankersFarceMilitary Industrial Complex Author:Ron Paul
“Even if we give first priority to the destruction of terrorist networks, and even if we succeed, there are still governments that could bring us great harm. And there is a clear case that one of these governments in particular represents a virulent threat in a class by itself: Iraq. As far as I am concerned, a final reckoning with that government should be on the table.” IfsGivingShouldFirstsStillsGovernmentClassCasesClearParticularSucceedConcernedDestructionTablesThreatFinalsIraqHarmPrioritiesTerroristReckoning Author:Al Gore
“We're all sick of holy wars and bloodshed because religion is supposed to give us life and a better life and is supposed to bring out our best self. When it results in mass destruction and hatred and anxiety, it's the antithesis I think of what religion was designed to do.” ThinkingGivingWarSelfResultsHolyAnxietyMassDestructionHatredSickBetter LifeMass DestructionBloodshedAntithesisBest SelfHoly War Author:Vera Farmiga