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Revenge is the philosophy of dictators and mob bosses... used to keep others in line with threats of economic ruin, violence, or worse.

— David Cay Johnston It's Even Worse Than You Think (2018)

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We have a president of the United States who is not a loyal citizen.

David Cay Johnston, "It's Even Worse Than You Think (2018)

There are over 100,000 people in America who's job is to mine the public treasury, or the rules, for their benefit.

David Cay Johnston: The Perils Of Our Growing Inequality (2014)

In every place where there is no real tax system, such as Honduras or Afghanistan, there is no widespread wealth.

Perfectly Legal (2005)

To the addicted, money is like cocaine: Too much is never enough.

Free Lunch (2007)

As long as there aren't riots in the streets, you can sell your goods in other countries.

David Cay Johnston: The Perils Of Our Growing Inequality (2014)

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The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents.

H. P. Lovecraft The Call of Cthulhu (1926)

There is no governor anywhere; you are all absolutely free. There is no restraint that cannot be escaped.

Robert Anton Wilson

Every morning
I shall concern myself anew about the boundary
Between the love-deed-Yes and the power-deed-No
And pressing forward honor reality.

Martin Buber Power and Love (1926)

In the province of the mind, what one believes to be true is true or becomes true, within certain limits to be found experientially and experimentally. These limits are further beliefs to be transcended.

John C. Lilly The Human Biocomputer (1974)

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