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“The central government possesses no plan of finding the way out of this blind alley.”

Way Government Plans Findings Blind Blindness Alleys Central Government

Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

“His (Deschamps') complaint of court life was the same as is made of government at the top in any age: it was composed of hypocrisy, flattery, lying, paying and betraying; it was where calumny and cupidity reigned, common sense lacked, truth dared not appear, and where to survive one had to be deaf, blind, and dumb.”

Made Government Age Lying Common Blind Court Common Sense Dumb Hypocrisy Betray Complaints Flattery Deaf Calumny

Book:A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

Source: A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

“What shall be said, then, of those who insist upon ignoring the question of slavery as not involved in this deadly feud, and maintain that the only issue is, the support of the government and the preservation of the Union? Surely, they are "fools and blind"; for it is slaveholders alone who have conspired to seize the one, and overturn the other. As long as the enslavement of a single human being is sanctioned in the land, the curse of God will rest upon it.”

Humans Long Said Government Human Beings Support Issues Land Fool Involved Slavery Blind Unions Gods Will Curse Preservation Enslavement Feuds Slaveholders

Author:William Lloyd Garrison

“It is the English, not their Government; for if they were not blind cowards, they would lynch Chamberlain and Halifax and all the other smarmy traitors.”

Ifs Government Blind Coward Traitor Chamberlain Halifax

Author:Enoch Powell

“The Gadianton Robbers from the Book of Mormon are loose among us. The King-men, and women, are running our government. And, worst of all, we are blindly electing them, or appointing them so they can continue to destroy the things we cherish most.”

Men Book Government Running Women Worst Kings Men And Women Election Blind Sacred Cherish Destroying Appointments Destroyers Robbers Blind Faith Mormonism

Author:John Andreas Widtsoe

“I have another name for what they're terming whistleblowers, and that's righteous heroes. From Bradley Manning to Snowden. They're people of conscience who are unwilling to turn a blind eye to the crimes of our government. And thank goodness for them.”

People Government Eye Turns Names Crime Hero Goodness Conscience Blind Righteous Unwilling Snowden Blind Eyes Whistleblowers Bradley Manning

Author:Tom Morello