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> [Brothers and sisters, our democracy has been hijacked. Brothers and sisters, all electoral freedoms in this country are over so long as it's controlled by corporations. Brothers and sisters, we are not going to allow these streets to be taken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/brothers-and-sisters-our-democracy-has-been-hijacked-brothers-and/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

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## Other authors on Democracies have

## More by Zack de la Rocha

> [Without just cause of reason, without legal or moral justification, and without a thread of proof that Iraq directly threatens the security of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/without-just-cause-of-reason-without-legal-or-moral-justification-and/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [I think animals should be free. There's so much other food out there that doesn't have to involve you in that cycle of pain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/i-think-animals-should-be-free-there-s-so-much-other-food-out-there/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [I think every revolutionary act is an act of love. Every song that I've written, it is because of my desire to use music…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/i-think-every-revolutionary-act-is-an-act-of-love-every-song-that-i/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [A friend of ours said if the same laws were applied to U.S. Presidents as were applied to the Nazis after WWII, that every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/a-friend-of-ours-said-if-the-same-laws-were-applied-to-u-s-presidents/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [Your anger is a gift.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/your-anger-is-a-gift/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [The classroom's the last room to get the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/the-classroom-s-the-last-room-to-get-the-truth/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [One of the great things about young people is that they do question, that they do care deeply about justice, and they they have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/one-of-the-great-things-about-young-people-is-that-they-do-question/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [Fools follow rules when the set commands you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/fools-follow-rules-when-the-set-commands-you/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [When ignorance reigns, life is lost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/when-ignorance-reigns-life-is-lost/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [Inside me, I think that an animal goes through a lot of pain in the whole cycle of death in the slaughterhouse; just living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/inside-me-i-think-that-an-animal-goes-through-a-lot-of-pain-in-the/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [I'm in this band to give volume to various struggles throughout the world. To me, the tension in this band is a minimal sacrifice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/i-m-in-this-band-to-give-volume-to-various-struggles-throughout-the/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [It has to start somewhere, it has to start sometime, what better place than here? What better time than now?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/it-has-to-start-somewhere-it-has-to-start-sometime-what-better-place/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [If ignorance is bliss, then knock the smile off my face.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/if-ignorance-is-bliss-then-knock-the-smile-off-my-face/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [Brothers and sisters, our democracy has been hijacked. Brothers and sisters, all electoral freedoms in this country are over so long as it's controlled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/brothers-and-sisters-our-democracy-has-been-hijacked-brothers-and/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

> [It is important for me, as a popular artist, to make clear to the governments of the United States and Mexico that despite the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zack-de-la-rocha/it-is-important-for-me-as-a-popular-artist-to-make-clear-to-the/)

[Zack de la Rocha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zack-de-la-rocha/)

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