“The great enemy of freedom is the alignment of political power with wealth. This alignment destroys the commonwealth – that is, the natural wealth of localities and the local economies of household, neighborhood, and community – and so destroys democracy, of which the commonwealth is the foundation and practical means.”
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“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.”
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“In October 1964 in the state of Mississippi, the civil rights movement suffered fifteen killings, four woundings, thirty-seven churches bombed or burned, and more than one thousand arrests.”
— Mark Kurlnki, “1968: The Year That Rocked The World”, 2004 (p.315).
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“We now live in a nation where doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the press destroys information, religion destroys morals, and our banks destroy the economy.”
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“Forward in all directions!”
— Viroqua, Wisconsin community activist (3/14/19)