Erich Maria Remarque | I always thought everyone was against war
"I always thought everyone was against war until I found out there are those who are all for it, especially those who do not have to go there."
Erich Maria Remarque
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Upton Sinclair | whereby industrial autocracy keeps its control over political democracy
in Upton Sinclair„Journalism is one of the devices whereby industrial autocracy keeps its control over political democracy; it is the day-by-day, between-elections propaganda, whereby the minds of the people are kept in a state of acquiescence, so that when the crisis of an election comes, they go to the polls and cast their ballots for either one of the two candidates of their exploiters.“
Upton Sinclair
Padmé Amidala | What if the democracy we thought we were serving no longer exists
in Padmé Amidala"What if the democracy we thought we were serving no longer exists, and the Republic has become the very evil we have been fighting to destroy?"
Padmé Amidala
Maximilien de Robespierre | The secret of liberty
in Maximilien de Robespierre"The secret of liberty is to enlighten men, as that of tyranny is to keep them in ignorance."
Maximilien de Robespierre
Curt Goetz | surrounded mostly by idiots
in Curt Goetz"If you don't realize at a certain age that you are surrounded mostly by idiots, you don't realize it for a certain reason."
Curt Goetz
St. Antony the Great | You are mad; you are not like us
in Antonius der Große, St. Antony the Great"A time is coming when men will go mad, and when they see someone who is not mad, they will attack him, saying, 'You are mad; you are not like us.'"
St. Antony the Great
Napoleon Bonaparte | Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich
in Napoleon Bonaparte"Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."
Napoleon Bonapart
Joost A.M. Meerloo | Numbing the senses by monotonously repeating
in Joost A.M. Meerloo"Numbing the senses by monotonously repeating an assertion is a key element in utilizing mind control techniques."
Joost A.M. Meerloo
Joost A.M. Meerloo | Ready made opinions
in Joost A.M. Meerloo"Ready made opinions can be distributed day by day through the press, radio, and so on, again and again, till they reach the nerve cell and implant a fixed pattern in the brain. Consequently, guided public opinion is the result, according to Pavlovian theoreticians, of good propaganda technique, and the polls [are] a verification of the temporary successful action of the Pavlovian machinations on the mind."
Joost A.M. Meerloo
Joost A.M. Meerloo | hammering noises of arguments and propaganda
in Joost A.M. Meerloo"The continual intrusion into our minds of the hammering noises of arguments and propaganda can lead to two kinds of reactions. It may lead to apathy and indifference, the I-don't-care reaction, or to a more intensified desire to study and to understand. Unfortunately, the first reaction is the more popular one."
Joost A.M. Meerloo
Arthur Versluis | The New Inquisitions
in Arthur Versluis"Totalitarianism is the modern phenomenon of total centralized state power coupled with the obliteration of individual human rights: in the totalized state, there are those in power, and there are the objectified masses, the victims."
Arthur Versluis
Manly P. Hall | when the state governs, he is ruled by fear.
in Manly P. Hall"When the mob governs, man is ruled by ignorance; when the church governs, he is ruled by superstition; and when the state governs, he is ruled by fear. Before men can live together in harmony and understanding, ignorance must be transmuted into wisdom, superstition into an illuminated faith, and fear into love."
Manly P. Hall
Hastings Lionel Baron Ismay | NATO has three tasks
in Hastings Lionel Baron Ismay„to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down“
Hastings Lionel Baron Ismay
Adolf Hitler | How fortunate for governments that people do not think
in Adolf Hitler"How fortunate for governments that people do not think. There is no thinking except in giving and executing commands. If it were otherwise human society could not exist."
Adolf Hitler
Eustace Mullins | that not more than eight men ran this country
in Eustace Clarence Mullins"Senator LaFollette publicly charged that a money trust of fifty men controlled the United States. George F. Baker, partner of J.P. Morgan, on being queried by reporters as to the truth of the charge, replied that it was absolutely in error. He said that he knew from personal knowledge that not more than eight men ran this country."
Eustace Clarence Mullins
Friedrich Nietzsche | The State is the coldest of all cold monster
in Friedrich Nietzsche"The State is the coldest of all cold monsters, and coldly it tells lies, and this lie drones on from its mouth: 'I, the State, am the people'."
Friedrich Nietzsche
Karl Rove | We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality
in Karl Rove"People like you are still living in what we call the reality-based community. You believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality. That's not the way the world really works anymore. We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you are studying that reality—judiciously, as you will—we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors, and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do."
Karl Rove
Alexander Solschenizyn | We know they are lying. They know they are lying
in Alexander Solschenizyn"We know they are lying. They know they are lying. They know that we know they are lying. We know that they know that we know they are lying. And still they continue to lie."
Alexander Solschenizyn
David Bellamy | Global warming is part of a natural cycle
in David Bellamy"Global warming is part of a natural cycle and there’s nothing we can actually do to stop these cycles. The world is now facing spending a vast amount of money in tax to try to solve a problem that doesn’t actually exist."
David Bellamy
Axiomatic Enemy of the State | If you homeschool your kids
in Axiomatic Enemy of the State"If you homeschool your kids they won't be like the other kids. Yep... that's the whole point."
Axiomatic Enemy of the State
Frank Zappa | What I always say is that politics is the entertainment branch of industry
in Frank ZappaRobert Higgs | politicians will create an emergency so they can break the law.
in Robert Higgs"If we let politicians break the law in an emergency, politicians will create an emergency so they can break the law."
Robert Higgs
Aldous Huxley | People will come to love their oppression
in Aldous Huxley"People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think."
Aldous Huxley
Jordan Maxwell | Nothing in this world operates the way you think it does
in Jordan Maxwell"Nothing in this world operates the way you think it does. Banks do not loan money, governments are not empowered to protect you, the police department is not there to serve you, institutions of higher learning, colleges and educational institutes, are not there to educate you. The entire superstructure of civilization in the Western world is a combination of brilliantly put together and planned, well-planned, schemes to direct the minds of the people in such a way as to serve their masters."
Jordan Maxwell
Frank Zappa | The illusion of freedom
in Frank Zappa"The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater."
Frank Zappa
Noam Chomsky | governments will use whatever technology
in Noam Chomsky"Governments should not have this capacity. But governments will use whatever technology is available to them to combat their primary enemy – which is their own population"
Noam Chomsky