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Michael Parenti quotes: Apathy's a problem but who cares?

Apathy's a problem but who cares?

Michael Parenti quotes: The first atrocity, the first war crime committed in any war of aggression by the aggressors is against the truth.

The first atrocity, the first war crime committed in any war of aggression by the aggressors is against the truth.

Michael Parenti quotes: The American way is to criticize and debate openly, not to accept unthinkingly the doings of government officials of this or any other country.

The American way is to criticize and debate openly, not to accept unthinkingly the doings of government officials of this or any other country.

Michael Parenti quotes: The dirty truth is that many people find fascism to be not particularly horrible.

The dirty truth is that many people find fascism to be not particularly horrible.

Michael Parenti quotes: The Federalists also used bribes, intimidation, and fraud against opponents of the Constitution.

The Federalists also used bribes, intimidation, and fraud against opponents of the Constitution.

Michael Parenti quotes: You will have no sensation of a leash around your neck if you sit by the peg. It is only when you stray that you feel the restraining tug.

You will have no sensation of a leash around your neck if you sit by the peg. It is only when you stray that you feel the restraining tug.

Michael Parenti quotes: The trick is to steal big.

The trick is to steal big.

Michael Parenti quotes: One mechanism of repression is the grand jury.

One mechanism of repression is the grand jury.

Michael Parenti quotes: Maintaining silence about a dirty truth is another way of lying, a common practice in high places.

Maintaining silence about a dirty truth is another way of lying, a common practice in high places.

Michael Parenti quotes: I have never seen John Kerry give anything but an engineered response.

I have never seen John Kerry give anything but an engineered response.

Michael Parenti quotes: I argue that one of the functions of a capitalist state is to defend capitalism from itself, to defend capitalism from the capitalists.

I argue that one of the functions of a capitalist state is to defend capitalism from itself, to defend capitalism from the capitalists.

Michael Parenti quotes: Generosity toward the lower classes historically has never been an important part of upper-class awareness.

Generosity toward the lower classes historically has never been an important part of upper-class awareness.

Michael Parenti quotes: The rich have grown richer, but their tax rate has declined. The poor have grown poorer, but their taxes have increased.

The rich have grown richer, but their tax rate has declined. The poor have grown poorer, but their taxes have increased.

Michael Parenti quotes: There is a century-old saying, The dollar votes more times than the man.

There is a century-old saying, The dollar votes more times than the man.

Michael Parenti quotes: Democrats - lily-livered, weasel-assed collaborators.

Democrats - lily-livered, weasel-assed collaborators.

Michael Parenti quotes: Actually, the New Deal's central dedication was to business recovery rather than social reform.

Actually, the New Deal's central dedication was to business recovery rather than social reform.

Michael Parenti quotes: The peculiar danger of executive power is that it executes.

The peculiar danger of executive power is that it executes.

Michael Parenti quotes: It is ironic that people of modest means sometimes become conservative out of a scarcity fear bred by the very capitalist system they support.

It is ironic that people of modest means sometimes become conservative out of a scarcity fear bred by the very capitalist system they support.

Michael Parenti quotes: The last four secretaries of defense have pointed out that defense spending creates jobs. So do pornography, prostitution, and narcotics.

The last four secretaries of defense have pointed out that defense spending creates jobs. So do pornography, prostitution, and narcotics.

Michael Parenti quotes: Even though the crime rate has dropped in recent years, the United States has more police per capita then any other nation in the world.

Even though the crime rate has dropped in recent years, the United States has more police per capita then any other nation in the world.

Michael Parenti quotes: Our fear that communism might someday take over most of the world blinds us to the fact that anti- communism already has.

Our fear that communism might someday take over most of the world blinds us to the fact that anti- communism already has.

Michael Parenti quotes: You dont know your wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day.

You dont know your wearing a leash if you sit by the peg all day.

Michael Parenti quotes: The two party electoral system performs the essential function of helping to legitimate the existing social order.

The two party electoral system performs the essential function of helping to legitimate the existing social order.

Michael Parenti quotes: People who think they're free in this world just haven't come to the end of their leash yet.

People who think they're free in this world just haven't come to the end of their leash yet.

Michael Parenti quotes: No surprise then that the pure socialists support every revolution except for the ones that succeed.

No surprise then that the pure socialists support every revolution except for the ones that succeed.

Michael Parenti quotes: The dirty truth is that the rich are the great cause of poverty.

The dirty truth is that the rich are the great cause of poverty.