“Christianity is most admirably adapted to the training of slaves, to the perpetuation of a slave society; in short, to the very conditions confronting us today. The rulers of the earth have realized long ago what potent poison inheres in the Christian religion. That is the reason they foster it; that is why they leave nothing undone to instill it into the blood of the people. They know only too well that the subtleness of the Christian teachings is a more powerful protection against rebellion and discontent than the club or the gun.” PeopleKnowsWellsLongReasonEarthChristianPowerfulChristianityBloodTeachingConditionsTrainingGunSlaveClubsProtectionPoisonRebellionRulersLong AgoDiscontentUndoneAdaptedConfrontingInstillChristian Teaching Author:Emma Goldman
“"We have heard stories about white men who make the powerful guns and the strong drinks and took slaves away across the seas, but no one thought the stories were true." [said Obierika]"There is no story that is not true," said Uchendu. "The world has no end, and what is good among one people is an abomination with others. We have albinos among us. Do you not think that they came to our clan by mistake, that they have strayed from their way to a land where everybody is like them?"” PeopleThinkingMenWorldWaySaidEndsStoriesStrongWhitePowerfulMistakeHeardSeaLandDrinkGunSlaveWhite ManClansAbominationStrong Drink Author:Chinua Achebe
“If one looks into the genealogies of many 'old families,' one discovers episodes of slave trafficking, bootlegging, gun running, opium trading, falsified land claims, violent acquisition of water and mineral rights, the extermination of indigenous peoples, sales of shoddy and unsafe goods, public funds used for private speculations, crooked deals in government bonds and vouchers, and payoffs for political favors.” IfsLooksGovernmentRunningPoliticalUsedWaterDealsRightsLandGunClaimsSlaveFavorsViolentFundGoodsEpisodesTradingSpeculationIndigenousAcquisitionCrookedMineralsOpiumIndigenous PeopleUnsafePayoffTraffickingGenealogyExterminationVouchersBootlegging Author:Michael Parenti
“One finds fortunes built on slave labor, indentured labor, prison labor, immigrant labor, female labor, child labor, and scab labor - backed by the lethal force of gun thugs and militia. 'Old money' is often little more than dirty money laundered by several generations of possession.” ChildrenLittlesPoliticalForceGenerationsGunBuiltFemaleLaborPrisonFortuneSlavePossessionDirtyImmigrantsThugMilitiaChild LaborOld MoneyScabsSlave LaborDirty Money Author:Michael Parenti
“...How can Americans living in the freest country in the world be 'slaves'? We don't even enjoy the liberty of serfs. ( A serf paid only 25% of his earnings to his feudal lord. How much income tax do you pay?) Don't kid yourselves, we're slaves. Slaves with weekends off.” WorldCountryKidsEnjoyPayLibertyLordTaxesGunPaidSlaveIncomeWeekendEarningGun ControlIncome TaxBe A SlaveSerfs Author:Kenneth W. Royce
“There's something deeply rooted in American culture. You can pretty much identify what it was. You take a look at the history. It was internal conquest. You had to defend yourself against what the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, an enlightened figure, called the attacks of the "merciless Indian savages," whose known way of warfare was torture and destruction. Also you had a slave population, you had to protect yourself against them. You needed guns.” WayLooksCultureKnownFiguresNeededProtectGunDestructionIndependenceSlavePopulationIndianTortureInternalsEnlightenedRootedWarfareSavagesDeclarationConquestAmerican CultureDeclaration Of IndependenceProtect Yourself Author:Noam Chomsky
“In southern culture, possession of a gun became kind of a sign of manhood, not just because of slaves but other white men. If you had a gun, you're not going to push me around. You know, I'm not one of those guys you can kick in the face.” IfsKnowsMenKindFacesGuyCultureWhiteGunSlavePossessionKicksSouthernManhoodWhite ManSouthern Culture Author:Noam Chomsky
“If I thought, had any idea, that I'd ever be a slave again, I'd take a gun an' jus end it all right away. Because you're nothing but a dog. You're not a thing but a dog.” IfsIdeasEndsDogGunSlaverySlaveBe A Slave Author:Fountain Hughes
“The Second Amendment comes from the right to protect themselves from slave revolts, and from uprisings by Native Americans. A revolt from people who were stolen from their land or revolt from people whose land was stolen from, that's what the genesis of the Second Amendment is.” PeopleLandProtectGunSlaveNativeAmendmentsNative AmericanGun ControlStolenRevoltGenesisSecond AmendmentUprising Author:Danny Glover
“No Kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave.” PeopleArmsGunSlavePossessionKingdomsDistinctionAmendmentsGun ControlMiscellaneousSecond AmendmentSecuredRight To Bear ArmsBearing ArmsGun RightsRights And FreedomsPro GunFreemanFounding Fathers GunAnti Gun Book:Political Disquisitions Source: Political Disquisitions
“No kingdom can be secured otherwise than by arming the people. The possession of arms is the distinction between a freeman and a slave. He, who has nothing, and who himself belongs to another, must be defended by him, whose property he is, and needs no arms. But he, who thinks he is his own master, and has what he can call his own, ought to have arms to defend himself, and what he possesses; else he lives precariously, and at discretion.” PeopleThinkingNeedsMastersArmsOughtGunPropertySlavePossessionKingdomsDistinctionGun ControlDiscretionSelf DefenseSecond AmendmentSecuredRight To Bear ArmsBearing ArmsGun RightsRights And FreedomsFreeman Book:Political Disquisitions Source: Political Disquisitions