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If those in charge of our society - politicians, corporate executi

If those in charge of our society – politicians, corporate executives, and owners of press and television – can dominate our ideas, they will be secure in their power. They will not need soldiers patrolling the streets. We will control ourselves. – Howard Zinn

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We need to decide that we will not go to war, whatever reason is conjured up by the politicians or the media, because war in our time is always indiscriminate, a war against innocents, a war against children. – Howard Zinn

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When people dont understand that the government doesnt have their interests in mind, theyre more susceptible to go to war. – Howard Zinn

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I have never seen opponents so silent about their record, and so desperate to keep their power. – Paul Ryan

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Mystical references to society and its programs to help may warm the hearts of the gullible but what it really means is putting more power in the hands of bureaucrats. – Thomas Sowell

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You only have power over people so long as you dont take everything away from them. But when youve robbed a man of everything, hes no longer in your power – hes free again. – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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The price of power is responsibility for the public good. – Withrop Aldrich

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I delivered lectures, and I was also a consultant for international companies in finance, both private equity and big venture capital funds. – Ehud Barak

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The only prudence in life is concentration. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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When somebody has an enormous success in this culture, people start asking two questions, which are What are you doing now? and How are you going to beat that? And I have to say, I love the assumption that your intention is to beat yourself constantly – that youre in battle against yourself. – Elizabeth Gilbert

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