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“A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.”

Believe Hands Moving Religion Politics Sides Atheism Subjects Historical Atheist Appearance Tyranny Devotion Treatment Illegal Tyrants Rulers Pious Uncommon Atheistic

Author:Aristotle

“Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.”

People Politics Arms Philosophical Historical Tyrants Amendments Second Amendment Mistrust Right To Bear Arms Bearing Arms Oligarchy

Book:On Man in the Universe

Source: On Man in the Universe

“Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.”

Politics Democracy Society Philosophical Historical Republic Decline Despotism Degenerates

Author:Aristotle

“Religion means goal and way, politics implies end and means. The political end is recognizable by the fact that it may be attained--in success--and its attainment is historically recorded. The religious goal remains, even in man's highest experiences, that which simply provides direction on the mortal way; it never enters into historical consummation.”

Men Way May Mean Ends Facts Political Religion Politics Goal Religious Highest Remains Historical Mortals Attainment Ends And Means

Book:Pointing the way: collected essays. Edited and translated with an introd. by Maurice S. Friedman

Source: Pointing the way: collected essays. Edited and translated with an introd. by Maurice S. Friedman

“Racial discrimination in elections in Texas is no mere historical artifact. To the contrary, Texas has been found in violation of the Voting Rights Act in every redistricting cycle from and after 1970.”

“To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.”

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Author:Thomas Jefferson

“The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.”

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Author:Lord Acton

“We have the power to make this the best generation of mankind in the history of the world or to make it the last.”

World Lasts Politics Generations Mankind Experience Historical World History

Author:John F. Kennedy

“The meaning of peace is the absence of opposition to socialism.”

Politics Philosophical Historical Absence Socialism Opposition

Author:Karl Marx

“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”

Source: Mencken Chrestomathy

“Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.”

Source: Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government