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I dream of a time when the people will retake their airways and use them to achieve a voice to rediscover democracy, and to see the divine potential of man.

— Gerry Spence Give Me Liberty! (1998)

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There are only two races (and they are not distinguished by color): those who are free and those who are not.

Give Me Liberty! (1998)

How much of our lives could we buy back if we cherished our lives instead of our trinkets?

Give Me Liberty! (1998)

The less of one's life one must exchange for money, the more freedom one may enjoy.

Give Me Liberty! (1998)

I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than one closed by belief.

How to Argue and Win Every Time (1995)

The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who hold power, in power.

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The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class shall represent and repress them in parliament!

Vladimir Lenin The State and Revolution (1917)

The law itself is the instrument of the ruling class; hence it is a logical impossibility for another class to assume power legally.

Oliver Cox Caste, Class, and Race: A Study in Social Dynamics (1948)

The whole dream of democracy is to raise the proletarian to the level of bourgeois stupidity.

Gustave Flaubert

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