“I want to be able to say that what you do is unjustifiable, and that you should be locked up. Because if what you say is true—and I wish I could prove you wrong, but I can’t—then I don’t know what to think. If things are really that bad, if the system is completely corrupt and broken and it’s really time for another American Revolution or something, well, that idea just scares the hell out of me.” She took a deep breath. “I guess what I’m saying is, I wish you didn’t make this much sense, because I’m starting to agree with you, and it’s freaking me out.” She made a feeble attempt to smile.”
― The Iron Web
― The Iron Web
“Everywhere you turn, be it the state or the church, the media or the schools, you are taught one thing above all else: the virtue of subjugating yourselves to mortals who claim to have the right to rule you.”
― The Iron Web
― The Iron Web
“Some of us realize the self-evident truth that no election, no constitution, no legislation, and no other pseudo-religious political ritual can bestow upon anyone the right to rule another. Nothing can make a man into a rightful master; nothing can make a man into a rightful slave.”
― The Iron Web
― The Iron Web
“You call yourselves Christians, or Jews, or claim to follow some other religion, but the truth is, what you call your religion is empty window-dressing. What you truly worship, the god you really bow to, what you really believe in, is the state. ‘Thou shalt not steal.’ ‘Thou shalt not murder.’ Unless you can do it by way of government. Then it’s just fine, isn’t it?”
― The Iron Web
― The Iron Web
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