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> [One finds fortunes built on slave labor, indentured labor, prison labor, immigrant labor, female labor, child labor, and scab labor - backed by the lethal force of gun thugs and militia. 'Old money' is often little more than dirty money…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-parenti/one-finds-fortunes-built-on-slave-labor-indentured-labor-prison-labor/)

[Michael Parenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-parenti/)

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## More by Michael Parenti

> [One mechanism of repression is the grand jury.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-parenti/one-mechanism-of-repression-is-the-grand-jury/)

[Michael Parenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-parenti/)

> [A nation as such does not give aid to another nation. More precisely, the common citizens of our country, through their taxes, give to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-parenti/a-nation-as-such-does-not-give-aid-to-another-nation-more-precisely/)

[Michael Parenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-parenti/)

> [Democracy is not about trust; it is about distrust. It is about accountability, exposure, open debate, critical challenge, and popular input and feedback from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-parenti/democracy-is-not-about-trust-it-is-about-distrust-it-is-about/)

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> [All economic and political institutions are contrivances that should serve the interests of the people. When they fail to do so, they should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-parenti/all-economic-and-political-institutions-are-contrivances-that-should/)

[Michael Parenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-parenti/)

> [ \[The ruling elites\] know who their enemies are, and their enemies are the people, the people at home and the people abroad. Their enemies… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-parenti/the-ruling-elites-know-who-their-enemies-are-and-their-enemies-are/)

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> [Even though the crime rate has dropped in recent years, the United States has more police per capita then any other nation in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-parenti/even-though-the-crime-rate-has-dropped-in-recent-years-the-united/)

[Michael Parenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-parenti/)

> [The crucial role communists played in organizing industrial unions in the 1930s and struggling for social reforms, peace, and civil rights strengthened rather then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-parenti/the-crucial-role-communists-played-in-organizing-industrial-unions-in/)

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> [Candidates who win while spending less than their opponents still usually have to spend quite a lot. While not a surefire guarantor of victory,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-parenti/candidates-who-win-while-spending-less-than-their-opponents-still/)

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> [People who think they're free in this world just haven't come to the end of their leash yet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-parenti/people-who-think-they-re-free-in-this-world-just-haven-t-come-to-the/)

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> [The rich have grown richer, but their tax rate has declined. The poor have grown poorer, but their taxes have increased.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-parenti/the-rich-have-grown-richer-but-their-tax-rate-has-declined-the-poor/)

[Michael Parenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-parenti/)

> [The trick is to steal big.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-parenti/the-trick-is-to-steal-big/)

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> [In almost every enterprise, government has provided business with opportunities for private gain at public expense. Government nurtures private capital accumulation through a process…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-parenti/in-almost-every-enterprise-government-has-provided-business-with/)

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> [The essence of capitalism is to turn nature into commodities and commodities into capital. The live green earth is transformed into dead gold bricks,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-parenti/the-essence-of-capitalism-is-to-turn-nature-into-commodities-and/)

[Michael Parenti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-parenti/)

> [Official Washington cannot tell the American people that the real purpose of its gargantuan military expenditures and belligerent interventions is to make the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-parenti/official-washington-cannot-tell-the-american-people-that-the-real/)

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> [Ecology's implications for capitalism are too momentous for the capitalist to contemplate. The plutocrats are more wedded to their wealth than to the Earth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-parenti/ecology-s-implications-for-capitalism-are-too-momentous-for-the/)

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