Showing posts with label none dare call it class warfare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label none dare call it class warfare. Show all posts

Fleecing the People


“These capitalists generally act harmoniously and in concert, to fleece the people.”  -Abraham Lincoln

Transfer of Power


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

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
 

Stealing From the Hungry


“Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and not clothed.”  -Dwight D. Eisenhower
 

Leaving the People in Ignorance


“The tax which will be paid for the purpose of education is not more than the thousandth part of what will be paid to the kings, priests and nobles who will rise up among us if we leave the people in ignorance.”  -Thomas Jefferson
 

Labor vs. Capital

 

“Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.”  -Abraham Lincoln, 1861
 

Loving Our Oppressors




"The press is so powerful in its image-making role, it can make a criminal look like he's the victim and make the victim look like he's the criminal... If you aren't careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing."  -Malcolm X, 1964
 

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
 

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