Con-men Quote by Hunter S. Thompson

“The workers who built the settlements and produced the export crops may now enjoy their freedom in the world’s largest prison.58”

— Noam Chomsky

“What these men represented was not 'The West' but what was for this century a relatively new kind of monied class in America, a…

— Joan Didion

“North-South imbalances and the exploitation of men and raw materials, combined with the resignation of the peoples of the North, produce a much more…

— Tariq Ramadan

“At the same time, the end of the prisoner exchanges compelled the South to build a large prison camp such as the one at…

— Charles River Editors

“The early settlers amazed her--they had pluck, they led lives of sweaty drama. Theirs was a world of corsets and whipping posts and indentured…

— Jennifer Vanderbes

“What good are prisoners? I much prefer devoted slaves.”

— Kate Perry

Talk about slavery! It is not the peculiar institution of the South. It exists wherever men are bought and sold, wherever a man allows…

— Henry David Thoreau

“Jefferson and like-minded planters of the Upper South started deliberately “breeding” captives to supply the Deep South’s demand. “I consider a woman who brings…

— Ibram X. Kendi

“The ferocious virtues that had been necessary for survival on the American frontier were theirs: they were men who lived freely, wastefully, independently, and…

— Wallace Stegner

Talk about slavery! It is not the peculiar institution of the South. It exists wherever men are bought and sold, wherever a man allows…

— Henry David Thoreau

“These southern workers were more interested in protecting their prejudices than their interests.”

— Fred Erwin Beal

“Country jakes are always whining about the sanctity of states' rights and individual freedoms. Yet when a couple of queers want to get married…

— Chuck Thompson