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<h1>Who Said It?</h1><strong> Author: <a href='http://www.articleseen.com/profile_Steve-0.aspx'>Steve-0</a></strong><br /><p>The country is headed toward a single and splendid government of an aristocracy founded on banking institution and monied incorporations and if this tendency continues it will be the end of freedom and democracy, the few will be ruling and riding over the plundered plowman and the begger in the omenry. (Thomas Jefferson, 1816) The arts of power and its minions are the same in all countries and in all ages. It marks it's victim; denounces it; and excites the public odium and the public hatred, to conceal its own abuses and encroachments. (Henry Clay, 1834) Since trade ignores national boundaries and the manufacturer insists on having the world as a market, the flag of his nation must follow him, and the doors of the nations which are closed against him must be battered down. Concessions obtained by financiers must be safeguarded by ministers of state, even if the sovereignty of unwilling nations be outraged in the process. Colonies must be obtained or planted, in order that no useful corner of the world may be overlooked or left unused. (W. Wilson, U.S. President 1919) However much we detest the democratic lie, which in the name of the 'people' oppresses the people in the interests of a class, we detest even more, if that is possible, the dictatorship, which, in the name of the 'proletariat' places all of the strength and the very lives of the workers in the hands of the creatures of a so-called communist party, who perpetuate their power and in the end reconstruct the capitalist system for their own advantage. (Errico Malatesta, 1921) An evil exists that threatens every man, woman, and child of this great nation. We must take steps to ensure our domestic security and protect our homeland. (Adolf Hitler, 1933) They take the Christians to be the cause of every disaster to the state, of every misfortune to the people. If the Tiber reaches the wall, if the Nile does not reach the fields, if the sky does not move or if the earth does, if there is a famine, or if there is a plague, the cry is at once...the Christians to the Lions! (Tertullian, 200 A.D.) Society is like a stew, if you don't keep it stired all the scum settles on the top. Let your actions define the finer points of your philosophy. Anarchy doesnt mean no rules, it means no rulers. (Edward Abbey) Conquerors always call themselves liberators. (S. Abdul-Rahman) Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws. (John Adams) The press is the hired agent of a moneyed system, set up for no other reason than to tell lies where the interests are concerned. (Henry Adams) We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. Any excuse will serve a tyrant (Aesop) Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. (Louisa May Alcott) Most of those quotes are really quite old, but the same topics that effected those speakers then are in the head lines today.</p><strong>About the Author:</strong><br />Wikipedia, Tertullian, Historical Quotes, U.S. Presidents and Their Words<p> Article Source: <a href='http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Who-Said-It_85446.aspx'> http://www.articleseen.com/Article_Who Said It?_85446.aspx</a></p>

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