"War is when the government tells you..." - Quote by Benjamin Franklin
War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is.Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.
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“Constant revolutionizing of production, uninterrupted disturbance of all social conditions, everlasting uncertainty and agitation distinguish the bourgeosis epoch from all earlier ones.”
“There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest. All great revolutions originate in fear, for the play of interests does not lead to accomplishment.”
“Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government.”
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“A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.”
“The state lies in all languages of good and evil; and whatever it says, it lies-and whatever it has, it has stolen.”
“It is not for a man to put himself in such an attitude to society, but to maintain himself in whatever attitude he find himself through obedience to the laws of his being, which will never be one of opposition to a just government, if he should chance to meet with such.”