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"A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side."
                         --Aristotle

In Celebration of Labor Day...

“ … labor is prior to, and independent of, capital; that, in fact, capital is the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed; that labor can exist without capital, but that capital could never have existed without labor. Hence they hold that labor is the superior – greatly the superior – of capital.”
                       ---Unknown

“All that harms labor is treason to America . No line can be drawn between these two. If any man tells you he loves America , yet he hates labor, he is a liar. If a man tells you he trusts America , yet fears labor, he is a fool.”
                      --Abraham Lincoln

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Politics is not about power. Politics is not about money. Politics is not about winning for the sake of winning. Politics is about the improvements of people's lives. It's about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and in our world. Politics is about doing well for people.

-Senator Paul Wellstone
(The Late U.S. Senator from Minnesota)

President Eisenhower used his farewell speech to warn America about the danger of Militarism to democracy and freedom. The victorious WWII commander of all allied forces spoke plainly…

“Until the latest of our world conflicts, the United States had no armaments industry…. we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications.

In the councils of government we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.”

The strategy of governing through fear usually wins - and has been known for centuries. Consider the words of Hitler’s air force commander Hermann Goering.

“Naturally the common people don’t want war…but after all it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along,…the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger.”

“Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind.

And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so.

How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar”. – Julius Caesar

"No Country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order."

FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT - Second Fireside Chat on Government and Modern Capitalism, Washington, D.C., September 30, 1934.

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