The dirty truth is that many people find fascism to be not particularly horrible. — 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
It is ironic that people of modest means sometimes become conservative out of a scarcity fear bred by the very capitalist system… — 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,… — 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.… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
To make the world safe for those who own it, politically active elements of the owning class have created a national security… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Conservatives are fond of telling us what a wonderful, happy, prosperous nation this is. The only thing that matches their love of… — 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… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
The first law of the market is to make the largest possible profit from other people's labor or go out of business.… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Julius Caesar was an aristocrat who sided with the Roman people. He's not my hero, but he was one of a long… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
You see there are people who believe the function of the police is to fight crime, and that's not true, the function… — 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
My point is that it's incorrect to say that the Iraq policy isn't working. It is working. It is doing what they… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Official Washington cannot tell the American people that the real purpose of its gargantuan military expenditures and belligerent interventions is to make… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
With unfailing consistency, U.S. intervention has been on the side of the rich and powerful of various nations at the expense of… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
To oppose the policies of a government does not mean you are against the country or the people that the government supposedly… — 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
The conservative goal has been the Third Worldization of the United States: an increasingly underemployed, lower-wage work-force; a small but growing moneyed… — 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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