Candidates who win while spending less than their opponents still usually have to spend quite a lot. While not a surefire guarantor… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
If one looks into the genealogies of many 'old families,' one discovers episodes of slave trafficking, bootlegging, gun running, opium trading, falsified… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
If the test of patriotism comes only by reflexively falling into lockstep behind the leader whenever the flag is waved, then what… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Global warming is already acting upon us with an accelerated feedback and compounded effect that may be irreversible! We do not have… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Editors and reporters are not as free and independent to invite a variety of opinions as they might think. They are free… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Just as the power of the feudal aristocracy had to be broken in order for capitalism to emerge fully, so must imperialism… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
People may like what third-party candidates say, because often they are the only ones saying anything, but they usually won't vote for… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
If Big Brother (of Orwell's 1984) comes to America, he will not be a fearsome, foreboding figure with a heart-chilling, omnipresent glare… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Revolutions are not push button affairs; rather, they evolve only if there exists a reservoir of hope and grievance that can be… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
I believe that if we had and would keep our dirty, bloody, dollar-soaked fingers out of the business of these nations so… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
A nation as such does not give aid to another nation. More precisely, the common citizens of our country, through their taxes, give to… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Democracy is not about trust; it is about distrust. It is about accountability, exposure, open debate, critical challenge, and popular input and feedback from… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
All economic and political institutions are contrivances that should serve the interests of the people. When they fail to do so, they should be… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
[The ruling elites] know who their enemies are, and their enemies are the people, the people at home and the people abroad. Their enemies… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Even though the crime rate has dropped in recent years, the United States has more police per capita then any other nation in the… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
The crucial role communists played in organizing industrial unions in the 1930s and struggling for social reforms, peace, and civil rights strengthened rather then… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Candidates who win while spending less than their opponents still usually have to spend quite a lot. While not a surefire guarantor of victory,… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
People who think they're free in this world just haven't come to the end of their leash yet. — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
The rich have grown richer, but their tax rate has declined. The poor have grown poorer, but their taxes have increased. — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
In almost every enterprise, government has provided business with opportunities for private gain at public expense. Government nurtures private capital accumulation through a process… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
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