

“I gathered all my eggs in one basket, because I believe in collectivism, and I wanted a tyrannical omelet.”
― 99 Cents For Some Nonsense
― 99 Cents For Some Nonsense

“The means of defence against foreign danger have been always the instruments of tyranny at home. Among the Romans it was a standing maxim to excite a war, whenever a revolt was apprehended. Throughout all Europe, the armies kept up under the pretext of defending, have enslaved the people.”
― Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787
― Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention of 1787

“No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.”
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“All the animals, the plants, the minerals, even other kinds of men, are being broken and reassembled every day, to preserve an elite few, who are the loudest to theorize on freedom, but the least free of all.”
― Gravity’s Rainbow
― Gravity’s Rainbow

“Sometimes we find ourselves walking through life blindfolded, and we try to deny that we're the ones who securely tied the knot.”
― Vanishing Acts
― Vanishing Acts
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