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> [“The OED defines democracy as: “Government by the people; that form of government in which the sovereign power resides in the people….” The legitimate government of the United States, as described by our Constitution, has no individuals imbued with such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-befumo/the-oed-defines-democracy-as-government-by-the-people-that-form-of/)

[Joseph Befumo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-befumo/)

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## More by Joseph Befumo

> [“Those who consider themselves ‘Conservative’ frequently identify with family values, so they should consider carefully the fact that in 1960, only 18% of women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-befumo/those-who-consider-themselves-conservative-frequently-identify-with/)

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> [“I firmly believe that if we can all approach this topic with open minds, the inevitable result will be a level of outrage that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-befumo/i-firmly-believe-that-if-we-can-all-approach-this-topic-with-open/)

[Joseph Befumo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-befumo/)

> [“I daresay most of people I know would agree with the logic of taking that Two Billion dollars each week that we’re spending in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-befumo/i-daresay-most-of-people-i-know-would-agree-with-the-logic-of-taking/)

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> [“The Republicrat Junta promotes our separation into fragmented ethnic, religious, and social groups, for well they know that to divide is to conquer. Their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-befumo/the-republicrat-junta-promotes-our-separation-into-fragmented-ethnic/)

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> [“Today, the entire nation has been indoctrinated to go along with whatever the Supreme Court says, regardless of whether it is right or wrong;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-befumo/today-the-entire-nation-has-been-indoctrinated-to-go-along-with/)

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> [“Our law and our morality contradict one another.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-befumo/our-law-and-our-morality-contradict-one-another/)

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> [“Regardless of your political orientation, if you are reasonably intelligent, you should strongly resent being manipulated. Guileful scoundrels in business, government, and media smugly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-befumo/regardless-of-your-political-orientation-if-you-are-reasonably/)

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> [“Recall those scenes from 1984, in which the brainwashed masses respond to blatant government lies with mindless chants of support? Keep this image in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-befumo/recall-those-scenes-from-1984-in-which-the-brainwashed-masses-respond/)

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> [“The protection of our Constitution, and, moreover, of written law itself, has been laughed to scorn by traitors in black dresses who have the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-befumo/the-protection-of-our-constitution-and-moreover-of-written-law-itself/)

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> [“Those who speak of our rights as if they were privileges have as their objective the plunder of our property, and our eventual enslavement.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-befumo/those-who-speak-of-our-rights-as-if-they-were-privileges-have-as/)

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> [“While the sanitizers and rewriters of history have gone to enormous lengths to portray the second American revolution, also known as the Civil War,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-befumo/while-the-sanitizers-and-rewriters-of-history-have-gone-to-enormous/)

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> [“Congressional representatives on balance rank among the wealthiest of wealthy Americans, and boast financial portfolios that are all but unattainable for most of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-befumo/congressional-representatives-on-balance-rank-among-the-wealthiest-of/)

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> [“General Electric, one of America’s largest corporations, made $14,200,000,000 in profits in 2010 and paid $0 in taxes—that’s right, fourteen BILLION dollars in profits,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-befumo/general-electric-one-of-america-s-largest-corporations-made-14-200/)

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> [“The purpose of government, and therefore of law, is not to cause justice to prevail, but rather, to prevent injustice from reigning. Justice is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-befumo/the-purpose-of-government-and-therefore-of-law-is-not-to-cause/)

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> [“Although we don’t hear Jesse Helms shouting “hang all niggers,” or Al Sharpton counseling his constituents to “kill whitey,” their subtle manipulations deliver similar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-befumo/although-we-don-t-hear-jesse-helms-shouting-hang-all-niggers-or-al/)

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