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George Orwell | A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing

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“At any given moment there is an orthodoxy, a body of ideas which it is assumed all right-thinking people will accept without question. It is not exactly forbidden to state this or that or the other, but it is “not done”… Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing, either in the popular press or in the highbrow periodicals.” George Orwell “Zu jedem Zeitpunkt gibt es eine Orthodoxie, eine Reihe von Ideen, von denen man…

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Albert Schweitzer | I am a free man

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“Under no circumstances do I want to be merely a ′common′ man. I have the right to be exceptional – if I can. I want opportunities, not security. I do not want to be a citizen who is humiliated and dulled by government support. I want to encounter risk, have desires and fulfill them, suffer disaster and enjoy success. I refuse to sell my own determination for a pittance. I would prefer to face life’s difficulties rather than lead a secure existence. I prefer the exciting tension of my own…

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Mahatma Gandhi | the truth is still the truth

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“Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you. Never apologize for being correct, or for being years ahead of your time. If you’re right and you know it, speak your mind. Speak your mind. Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is still the truth.” Mahatma Gandhi “Viele Menschen, besonders die ignoranten Menschen, möchten Dich dafür bestrafen, dass Du die Wahrheit sprichst, dafür, dass Du das Richtige tust, dass Du Du bist. Entschuldige Dich niemals dafür,…

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Albert Schweitzer | Modern man is held in a frenzy of activity

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“Modern man is held in a frenzy of activity, so as not to reflect on the meaning of his life and the world” Albert Schweitzer “Der moderne Mensch wird in einem Tätigkeitstaumel gehalten, damit er nicht zum Nachdenken über den Sinn seines Lebens und der Welt kommt.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Clarence Darrow | You can only be free if I am free

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“You can only protect your liberties in this world by protecting the other man’s freedom. You can only be free if I am free. ” Clarence Darrow (war ein amerikanischer Anwalt, Mitglied der American Civil Liberties Union und ein Gegner der Todesstrafe.) “Du kannst deine Freiheiten in dieser Welt nur schützen, indem du die Freiheit des anderen schützt. Du kannst nur frei sein, wenn ich frei bin.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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General Aladeen | Why are you guys so anti-dictators?

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“Why are you guys so anti-dictators? Imagine if America was a dictatorship. You could let 1% of the people have all the nation’s wealth. You could help your rich friends get richer by cutting their taxes. And bailing them out when they gamble and lose. You could ignore the needs of the poor for health care and education. Your media would appear free, but would secretly be controlled by one person and his family. You could wiretap phones. You could torture foreign prisoners. You could have rigged elections. You could…

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George Orwell | These people don’t see that

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“These people don’t see that if you encourage totalitarian methods, the time may come when they will be used against you instead of for you.” George Orwell “Die Menschen erkennen nicht, dass bei Befürwortung totalitärer Methoden die Zeit kommen kann, in denen sie gegen statt für einen eingesetzt werden.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Barry Jünemann | Faith is the graveyard of many truths

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“And still, no one knows! And the truth remains hidden. Faith is the graveyard of many truths. And the mortician is the system of the self-appointed rulers of this earth. However, people often decorate it with the flowers of ignorance! Faith is the most dangerous instrument of the system since ancient Babylon…. and nobody notices it!” Barry Jünemann (deutscher Schriftsteller und Autor.) „Und nach wie vor, keiner weiß es! Und die Wahrheit bleibt im Verborgenen. Der Glaube ist der Friedhof vieler Wahrheiten. Und das Bestattungsunternehmen ist das System der selbsternannten…

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Noam Chomsky | bludgeon is to a totalitarian state

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“Propaganda is to a democracy what the bludgeon is to a totalitarian state.” Noam Chomsky, Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda “Propaganda ist für eine Demokratie das, was der Knüppel für einen totalitären Staat ist.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Gustave Le Bon | The masses have never thirsted after truth

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“The masses have never thirsted after truth. They turn aside from evidence that is not to their taste, preferring to deify error, if error seduce them. Whoever can supply them with illusions is easily their master; whoever attempts to destroy their illusions is always their victim. An individual in a crowd is a grain of sand amid other grains of sand, which the wind stirs up at will.” Gustave Le Bon “Nie haben die Massen nach Wahrheit gedürstet. Von den Tatsachen, die ihnen missfallen, wenden sie sich ab und ziehen…

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Henry Hazlitt | creates money in order to cover its budget deficits

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“If a government resorts to inflation, that is, creates money in order to cover its budget deficits or expands credit in order to stimulate business, then no power on earth, no gimmick, device, trick or even indexation can prevent its economic consequences.” Henry Hazlitt “Wenn eine Regierung auf Inflation zurückgreift, d. h. Geld schafft, um ihre Haushaltsdefizite zu decken, oder die Kreditvergabe ausweitet, um die Wirtschaft anzukurbeln, dann kann keine Macht der Welt, kein Trick, keine Vorrichtung, kein Kunstgriff und nicht einmal eine Indexierung die wirtschaftlichen Folgen verhindern.” Nützliche und…

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Henry Louis Mencken | The urge to save humanity

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“The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it. Power is what all messiahs really seek: not the chance to serve. This is true even of the pious brethren who carry the gospel to foreign parts.” Henry Louis Mencken “Der Drang, die Menschheit zu retten, ist fast immer nur ein Deckmantel für den Drang, sie zu beherrschen. Macht ist das, was alle Messiasse wirklich suchen: nicht die Möglichkeit, zu dienen. Das gilt sogar für die frommen Brüder, die das Evangelium in fremde…

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Roland Baader | It is … a naivety that cannot be excused by anything to believe

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“It is … a naivety that cannot be excused by anything to believe that a state can be total in the economic sphere without being so at the same time in the political and spiritual sphere ….” … Democracy and socialism are not a tautology (à la Oskar),but radical, mutually exclusive opposites. Democracy is a method of limiting and controlling power. Socialism, on the other hand, always denies the individual freedom of choice of individuals over their economic preferences and life goals (supposedly in favor of the general public, the…

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Michael Wendler | We are living at the peak of the time of the false world

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“We are living at the peak of the time of the false world. That’s why being real gets you shunned. Why speaking truth gets you scorned and banned. Society is at the tipping point of the height of illussion. It takes serious courage to be real right now. Please be brave!” Michael Wendler | (Supposedly | Telegram post) “Wir leben auf dem Höhepunkt der Zeit in einer falschen Welt. Deshalb wird man gemieden, wenn man echt ist. Deshalb wird man, wenn man die Wahrheit sagt, verachtet und verbannt. Die Gesellschaft…

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Wernher von Braun | the last card is the alien card

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“And remember Carol, the last card is the alien card. We are going to have to build space-based weapons against aliens and all of it is a lie” Wernher von Braun,1977 (cité par Carol Rosin) “Und denk daran, Carol, die letzte Karte ist die Alien-Karte. Wir werden weltraumgestützte Waffen gegen Außerirdische bauen müssen, und das alles ist eine Lüge.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links “Im Sommer 1977 erhielt die Luft- und Raumfahrtmanagerin Dr. Carol Rosin auf dem Sterbebett ein Geständnis ihres Chefs und Mentors Wernher Von Braun, des erfolgreichen Raketeningenieurs, der…

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Machiavelli | He who has once begun to live by robbery

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“He who has once begun to live by robbery will always find pretexts for seizing what belongs to others.” Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli ( 3. Mai 1469 – – 21. Juni 1527) is a statesman, philosopher and theorist of politics, history and war. “Wer einmal begonnen hat, von Raub zu leben, wird immer Vorwände finden, um sich dessen zu bemächtigen, was anderen gehört.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Howard Zinn | Our problem is civil obedience

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“As soon as you say the topic is civil disobedience, you are saying our problem is civil disobedience. That is not our problem…. Our problem is civil obedience. Our problem is the numbers of people all over the world who have obeyed the dictates of the leaders of their government and have gone to war, and millions have been killed because of this obedience. And our problem is that scene in All Quiet on the Western Front where the schoolboys march off dutifully in a line to war. Our problem…

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Marvin Simkin | Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch

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“Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. Freedom comes from the recognition of certain rights which may not be taken, not even by a 99% vote.” Marvin Simkin “Demokratie ist nicht Freiheit. Demokratie sind zwei Wölfe und ein Lamm, die darüber abstimmen, was sie zu Mittag essen. Freiheit kommt von der Anerkennung bestimmter Rechte, die nicht genommen werden dürfen, nicht einmal durch eine 99 %-ige Abstimmung.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Samuel Edward Konkin III | Every victim of statism

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“Every victim of statism has internalized the State to some degree. The IRS’s annual proclamation that the income tax depends on “voluntary compliance” is ironically true. Should the taxpayer completely cut off the blood supply, the vampire State would helplessly perish, its unpaid police and army deserting almost immediately, defanging the Monster.” Samuel Edward Konkin III (New Libertarian Manifesto) “Jedes Opfer der Staatsgewalt hat den Staat bis zu einem gewissen Grad verinnerlicht. Die jährliche Botschaft des Finanzamtes, dass die Einkommenssteuer von der “freiwilligen Einhaltung” abhängt, ist ironischerweise wahr. Sollte der…

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Nicholas Murray Butler | I divide the world into three Classes

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“I divide the world into three Classes – The few who make things happen, the many who watch things happen, the overwhelming majority who have no notion of what happens.” Nicholas Murray Butler “Ich teile die Welt in drei Klassen ein: Die wenigen, die die Dinge geschehen lassen, die vielen, die zusehen, wie etwas geschieht, und die überwältigende Mehrheit, die keine Ahnung hat, was geschieht.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Florian Willet | sad human truth

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“One cause is rooted in the sad human truth that ‘slaves’ usually dream less of what it would be like to be free than of what it would be like to be ‘slave overseers'” Dr. Dr. Florian Willet | (is a German commercial lawyer, economist, communication psychologist and author.) “Eine Ursache liegt in der traurigen menschlichen Wahrheit begründet, dass ‘Sklaven’ üblicherweise weniger davon träumen, wie es wäre frei zu sein, als davon, wie es wäre ‘Sklavenaufseher’ zu sein” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Prof. Reiner Mausfeld | A ‘war against X’ decreed from above

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“A ‘war against X’ decreed from above – be it against ‘terror’ or against a pandemic – is never about what is declared to be fought. All that is sold here as a war against a threat must not be successful at all, because its success for the economic and political centers of power lies precisely in not being successful and in remaining as a means of generating fear and securing domination.” Prof. Reiner Mausfeld “Bei einem von oben verordnetem ‚Krieg gegen X‘ – sei es gegen den ‚Terror‘ oder…

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Machiavelli | All power is robbery

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“All power is robbery and all its justification is pure ideology.” Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli ( 3. Mai 1469 – – 21. Juni 1527) is a statesman, philosopher and theorist of politics, history and war. “Alle Macht ist Raub und all ihre Rechtfertigung pure Ideologie.” Nützliche und hilfreiche Links…

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Coudenhove-Kalergi | Today, democracy is a façade of plutocracy

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“The form of constitution that replaced feudalism and absolutism was democracy; the form of government, plutocracy. Today, democracy is a façade of plutocracy: since nations would not tolerate a pure form of plutocracy, they were granted nominal powers, while the real power rests in the hands of plutocrats. In republican as well as monarchical democracies, the statesmen are puppets, the capitalists are the puppeteers; they dictate the guidelines of politics, rule through purchase the public opinion of the voters, and through professional and social relationships, the ministers. Instead of the…

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Jacques Élisée Reclus | the policy of hatred always breeds hatred

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“History permits the well-founded observation that the policy of hatred always breeds hatred and fatally complicates the general situation, if not leads to final ruin. How many nations perished in this way. Oppressors as well as oppressed! Should we also be doomed? I hope not! And I owe this hope also to the anarchist thinking, which penetrates day by day more and more into the light and renews the human initiative.” Jacques Élisée Reclus was a French geographer and anarchist. (1830-1905) “Die Geschichte lässt die wohlbegründete Feststellung zu, dass die…

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Alexis de Tocqueville | the species of oppression by which democratic nations

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„I think then that the species of oppression by which democratic nations are menaced is unlike anything which ever before existed in the world: our contemporaries will find no prototype of it in their memories. I am trying myself to choose an expression which will accurately convey the whole of the idea I have formed of it, but in vain; the old words “despotism” and “tyranny” are inappropriate: the thing itself is new; and since I cannot name it, I must attempt to define it. I seek to trace the…