David Swanson

Many militarists would like to see California's votes vanish from the national electoral system, which would then become more Republican.

— David Swanson

California as a nation or part of a larger West Coast nation, should other states join with California, would be a good…

— David Swanson

I think almost everything important that's ever happened was unimaginable shortly before it happened. Good things and bad things: ending slavery, ending…

— David Swanson

I can't say with certainty that slavery would have ended more quickly and more completely if the South had been allowed to…

— David Swanson

I think it's more likely that we can make positive changes happen on environment and military issues if states begin to secede.…

— David Swanson

No other nation killed people the way the United States did to end slavery.

— David Swanson

The Pentagon is supposed to be under civilian control and it ought to be up to the people of the United States,…

— David Swanson

I'm not convinced that the people of Arizona as a nation couldn't do better to protect equal rights for all than the…

— David Swanson

The United States has been becoming worse year after year after year for decades, and it's guaranteed to continue down that path…

— David Swanson

Breaking the United States up into a number of pieces could be very good for the integration of those new nations with…

— David Swanson

California, like anywhere else on Earth, should have the right to secede whether the United States likes it or not. The preferences…

— David Swanson

I think the election of Donald Trump, if you want to call it an election, was unimaginable to most people, which is…

— David Swanson

Imagine Jon Stewart if he gave a damn. He's like Howard Zinn after 12 beers.

— David Swanson

If we think that we can somehow gain control of the US government, bring it under popular, enlightened progressive control, preserve a…

— David Swanson

Slavery remained in the Deep South by other names - in prison programs with charges over nothing and eternal debt that threatened…

— David Swanson

Climate change is so unimaginable that most Americans deny it's happening.

— David Swanson

Activism has always been the driving force for change.

— David Swanson

The United States is a rogue state violating international law in many, many ways that California wouldn't have to if it seceded…

— David Swanson