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“Moral decay first hampers and then strangles honest government, regular commerce, and even the ability to take genuine pleasure in the goods of this world. Compulsion is applied from above as self-discipline relaxes below, and the last liberties expire under the weight of a unitary state.... Since religion has lost its empire over the souls of men, the most prominent boundary that divided good from evil is overthrown; kings and nations are guided by chance and none can say where are the natural limits of despotism and the bound of license.”

“Look, I don't think President Obama would have bowed to the ruler of Saudi Arabia if he didn't have oil to the degree that the Saudis do. I think they and other producing states, almost all of whom, except Norway and Canada, are dictatorships or autocratic systems, have thrown their weight around because of oil.”

Ifs Thinking Looks States President Degrees Weight Oil Canada Thrown President Obama Rulers Dictatorship Arabia Saudi Arabia Saudis Norway

Author:R. James Woolsey, Jr.

“More die in the United States of too much food than of too little.”

Source: The affluent society

“Fascism recognises the real needs which gave rise to socialism and trade-unionism, giving them due weight in the guild or corporative system in which diverent interests are coordinated and harmonised in the unity of the State.”

Needs Giving Real States Interest Weight Trade Unity Dues Socialism Fascism Recognise Guilds Unionism

Book:Fascism: Doctrine and Institutions

Source: Fascism: Doctrine and Institutions

“As a taxpayer, you are required to be fully in compliance with the United States Tax Code, which is currently the size and weight of the Budweiser Clydesdales.”

States United United States Taxes Weight Size Code Taxation Taxpayers Compliance Budweiser

Book:Boogers Are My Beat: More Lies, but Some Actual Journalism

Source: Boogers Are My Beat: More Lies, but Some Actual Journalism