Transfer of Power

"Aristocrats fear the people, and wish to transfer all power to the higher classes of society."  -Thomas Jefferson

Suppressing the Vote

"I don't want everybody to vote…  our leverage in the elections goes up as the voting populace goes down."  -Paul Weyrich, conservative activist, co-founder of the Heritage Foundation
 

The End of Democracy

"The end of democracy and the defeat of the American revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of the lending institutions and moneyed incorporations"  -Thomas Jefferson
 

Questioning Authority

“It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.”  -Benjamin Franklin
 

Patriotic Dissent

“Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.”  -Thomas Paine
 

Forbidden Unions

“Where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost.”  -Ronald Reagan
 

The War Is Not Meant To Be Won

 

 "The war is not meant to be won, it is meant to be continuous. Hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance... The war is waged by the ruling group against its own subjects and its object is not the victory over either Eurasia or East Asia, but to keep the very structure of society intact."  -George Orwell, 1949, from "1984"

 

Inevitable Revolution

 “A revolution is coming - a revolution which will be peaceful if we are wise enough; compassionate if we care enough; successful if we are fortunate enough - but a revolution which is coming whether we will it or not. We can affect its character; we cannot alter its inevitability.”  -Robert F. Kennedy, 1966

 

Endangered Liberties

 

 “I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.”  -Thomas Jefferson

 

Serving Money

 "You cannot serve both God and Money."  -Jesus (Matthew 6:24) 

 

War Is Not What It Seems

"War is just a racket... something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses."  -Brigadier General Smedley D. Butler, Former Commander U.S. Marine Corps, 1933
 

Private Ownership of Government

 

 "The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism—ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power."  -Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1938 

 

An Invisible Government

 

 "Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people. To destroy this invisible government, to dissolve the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics, is the first task of the statesmanship of the day."  -Theodore Roosevelt, 1912

 

Preying on the Poor

“Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor.”  -Thomas Jefferson