"The governments of the Western nations, whether monarchical or republican, had passed into the invisible hands of a plutocracy, international in power and grasp. It was, I venture to suggest, this semi-occult power which....pushed the mass of the American people into the cauldron of World War I."

-- J. F. C. Fuller

#War Quotes #Hands Quotes #Government Quotes

“The human phenomenon is but the sum Of densely coiled layers of illusion Each of which winds itself on the supreme insanity That there are persons of any kind When all there can be is mindless mirrors Laughing and screaming as they parade about in an endless dream”
“When you hear a person say, "I hate," adding the name of some race, nation, religion, or social class, you are dealing with a belated mind. That person may dress like a modern, ride in an automobile, listen to the radio, but his or her mind is properly dated about 1000 B.C.”
“I think America, really, is over.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“That bitter word, which closed all earthly friendships and finished every feast of love farewell!”

Source : Robert Pollok (1855). “The Course of Time: A Poem ...”, p.219
“Learning that you have stamina is an excellent thing to know. If a project fails, I know I can pick myself up.”
“A strike is an incipient revolution. Many large revolutions have grown out of a small strike.”
“We succeed in enterprises which demand the positive qualities we possess, but we excel in those which can also make use of our defects.”
“Ah, I am the judge of dreams, and you are the judge of love. Well, I find you guilty of dreaming good dreams, and sentence you to a lifetime of working and suffering for the sake of your dreams. I only hope that someday you won't declare me innocent of the crime of loving you.”

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