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The private control of credit is the modern form of slavery.


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It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.



It is foolish to be convinced without evidence, but it is equally foolish to refuse to be convinced by real evidence.

It is foolish to be convinced without evidence, but it is equally foolish to refuse to be convinced by real evidence.



You don't have to be satisfied with America as you find it. You can change it. I didn't like the way I found America some sixty years ago, and I've been trying to change it ever since.

You don't have to be satisfied with America as you find it. You can change it. I didn't like the way I found America some sixty years ago, and I've been trying to change it ever since.



Fascism is capitalism plus murder.

Fascism is capitalism plus murder.



One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption.

One of the necessary accompaniments of capitalism in a democracy is political corruption.



I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.

I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.



I don't know whether anyone will care to examine my heart, but if they do, they will find two words there- 'social justice.' For that is what I have believed in and fought for.

I don't know whether anyone will care to examine my heart, but if they do, they will find two words there- 'social justice.' For that is what I have believed in and fought for.



You can't make somebody understand something if their salary depends upon them not understanding it.

You can't make somebody understand something if their salary depends upon them not understanding it.



All truly great art is optimistic. The individual artist is happy in his creative work. The fact that practically all great art is tragic does not in any way change the above thesis.

All truly great art is optimistic. The individual artist is happy in his creative work. The fact that practically all great art is tragic does not in any way change the above thesis.



The remedy [for the Great Depression] is to give the workers access to the means of production, and let them produce for themselves, not for others, . . . the American way.

The remedy [for the Great Depression] is to give the workers access to the means of production, and let them produce for themselves, not for others, . . . the American way.





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We've taken the lifeblood out of Christianity and put Kool-Aid in its place so that it tastes better to the crowds, and the consequences are catastrophic. ~Follow Me, pg. 7



I will never abandon one opportunity and wait for another. We have not reached the goal we are striving for. What you see now is nothing compared to our vision…just tiny parts of what lies ahead.

I will never abandon one opportunity and wait for another. We have not reached the goal we are striving for. What you see now is nothing compared to our vision…just tiny parts of what lies ahead.



Failure is a trickster with a keen sense of irony and cunning. It takes great delight in tripping one when success is almost within reach

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When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.

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The insanity rate per capita in South Africa is appalling. ...it is easily seen that a primary requisite in any programme of the rehabilitation of the Bantu in South Africa would be mental health.

The insanity rate per capita in South Africa is appalling. ...it is easily seen that a primary requisite in any programme of the rehabilitation of the Bantu in South Africa would be mental health.



I try to stay in the best physical shape that I can because I do most of my own stunts. It looks amazing if you can do it, but I dont advocate it because you always get injured.

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It was, according to the history books, the fastest coronation since Bubric the Saxon crowned himself with a very pointy crown on a hill during a thunderstorm, and reigned for one and a half seconds.

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The problem is that we have allowed our egos, the part of us which believes that we are separate from God and separate from each other, to dominate our lives.

The problem is that we have allowed our egos, the part of us which believes that we are separate from God and separate from each other, to dominate our lives.



I've trained myself to illuminate the things in my personality that are likable and to hide and protect the things that are less likeable.

I've trained myself to illuminate the things in my personality that are likable and to hide and protect the things that are less likeable.




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