Freedom Quote by Gerry Spence

“The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who hold power, in power.” quote by Gerry Spence — Download Open image

“The function of the law is not to provide justice or to preserve freedom. The function of the law is to keep those who hold power, in power.”

Gerry Spence

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Under any religion, the preestablished impersonal code transcends the right of the individual to explore, experience, and marvel at the mysteries of his own life and death. Religions introduce us not to God but to slavery. They deprive us of our freedom to explore our own souls and to discover the endless and wondrous possibilities presented to us by an…

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The new and most powerful union of all will be a union of one one man, one woman, one worker with special skills, an inquiring mind, and an independent attitude, his creativity intact, his love of life blooming. The union of one will be peopled by one man or one woman who is alive. Such a person is always sought…

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Love is how we feel toward those who show us that which is lovable about ourselves.

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Government [is] operated by deeply embedded, hopelessly entangled bureaus where nothing is accomplished because the function of the bureau is to intercept every living…

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What the insurance companies have done is to reverse the business so that the public at large insures the insurance companies.

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A new fascism promises security from the terror of crime. All that is required is that we take away the criminals' rights - which,…

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Prejudice locks the mind. Nothing can enter. Nothing true can escape.

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