Even though the crime rate has dropped in recent years, the United States has more police per capita then any other nation… — 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
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
The enormous gap between what US leaders do in the world and what Americans think their leaders are doing is one of… — 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
The nation, like the church, has its visible symbols and insignia, its parchments engrossed with the revealed word, its dogmas, hymns, liturgy,… — 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
Only by establishing military supremacy were the European and North American colonizers able to eliminate the crafts and industries of Third World… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
The [CIA] Agency has owned outright more than 240 Media operations around the world, including newspapers, magazines, publishing houses, radio and television… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Capital requires protection, as do the institutions through which it operates. As capital expands its operations, the state that is associated with… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
A huge national security state has developed in the United States since World War II. Its function is to buttress anticommunist, procapitalist… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Our fear that communism might someday take over most of the world blinds us to the fact that anti- communism already has. — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
Russia became a juicy chunk of the Third World, with immense reserves of cheap labor, a vast treasure of natural resources, and… — 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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