"The imperialistic or capitalistic system occupies areas. It occupies Vietnam now. They occupy them by sending soldiers there, by sending policeman there. The policemen or soldiers are only a gun in the establishments hand. They make the racist secure in his racism. The gun in the establishment's hand makes the establishment secure in its exploitation."

-- Huey Newton

#Military Quotes #War Quotes #Gun Quotes

“Live simply, so that all may simply live.”
“I had this odd sibling rivalry with America.”
“Malcolm Turnbull got a majority in the parliament that he is trying to ignore and lock his own members of parliament into positions that they don't hold, and sometimes into positions that we know he doesn't hold. It's no wonder the public's started turning on him.”
“In a male-dominated environment, things are very macho, and you can't show weakness.”

Source : "A Tale of Two Countries". Interview with Clara Jeffery, www.motherjones.com. December 2005.
“I'd spare your tears for the rest of your life if I could.”
“I hate labels, and I wear no labels. When a man has to put something around his neck and say I am, he isn't.”
“I like to go to the movies at The Hollywood Forever Cemetery. They do this thing in The Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood where everybody sits out on the grass and they project movies and it's very romantic and very old-school Hollywood, so I love that.”
“Understanding that everything is impermanent, that happiness is transformed into suffering, and that all phenomena are lacking reality in themselves and are only projections of our mind, will permit us to counteract the first hindrance to meditation, that is, our attachment to this world.”

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