♦ nivek ♦ Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 "No Gulag, evidently, can deter the advocates of state power from believing in their own virtue and in the morality of the power they exercise. We are all Hobbesians now. Virtue is presumed to reside in the state. Its reliance on compulsion is seen as fulfilling, no undermining, morality. Our communicators, oddly employed in the private sector, work tirelessly to ensure that state control is maintained, our taxes stay high, the official message is promoted. The people know, and can only know, a tiny fraction of what Leviathan does, and what they know is what these partisans tell them."-- Tom Bethel Source: Freedom and Its Enemies, AMERICAN SPECTATOR, June, 1999 p. 19. http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Tom.Bethel.Quote.F9EB "Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories." -- Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) Abolitionist author http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Wendell.Phillips.Quote.8ADB "A clique of US industrialists is hell-bent to bring a fascist state to supplant our democratic government and is working closely with the fascist regime in Germany and Italy. I have had plenty of opportunity in my post in Berlin to witness how close some of our American ruling families are to the Nazi regime. … Certain American industrialists had a great deal to do with bringing fascist regimes into being in both Germany and Italy. They extended aid to help Fascism occupy the seat of power, and they are helping to keep it there." -- William E. Dodd U.S. Ambassador to Germany Source: quoted in Facts and Fascism, by George Seldes, and Trading with the Enemy, by Charles Higham, 1937 http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/William.Dodd.Quote.E443 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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