#oppression

"It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom."

"Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish."

"The educated ones leave, the ones with the potential to right the wrongs. They leave the weak behind. The tyrants continue to reign because the weak cannot resist. Do you not see that it is a cycle? Who will break that cycle?"

"When a man is denied the right to live the life he believes in, he has no choice but to become an outlaw."

". . . in no instance has a system in regard to religion been ever established, but for the purpose, as well as with the effect of its being made an instrument of intimidation, corruption, and delusion, for the support of depredation and oppression in the hands of governments."

"[A] person whose head is bowed and whose eyes are heavy cannot look at the light."

"There exists a big circus tent, and the right entrance is named The Republicans, and the left entrance is called The Democrats. People argue over which is the correct path, not realizing everyone inside is a clown."

"I question the equation like an equestrian, and I realize it’s horseshit. What is the equation? Vote=Change."

"And the truth must finally lie in that which every oppressed individual feels within himself but hasn't the courage to express"

"In every age it has been the tyrant, the oppressor and the exploiter who has wrapped himself in the cloak of patriotism, or religion, or both to deceive and overawe the People."(Canton, OH, Anti-War Speech, June 16, 1918)"

"Under the guise of being nice guys, the central bankers have done to the people what no army in history has been evil enough to do."

"Everyone who is not happy must be shot."