Arbitrary Quote by Lysander Spooner

“On the American Oligarchy "How about the United States?" a man yelled from the audience. "And what about it?" Martin retorted. "The thirteen colonies…

— Jack London

The master not only governs the slave without his consent, but he governs him by a set of rules altogether different from those which…

— Abraham Lincoln

There is but one element of government, and that is THE PEOPLE. From this element spring all governments. "For a nation to be free,…

— John Adams

For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery.

— Jonathan Swift

The slave states of Western world are an outgrowth of monopolistic capitalism - an economic system which is opposed to the wide distribution of…

— Fulton J. Sheen

Why should workers agree to be slaves in a basically authoritarian structure? They should have control over it themselves. Why shouldn't communities have a…

— Noam Chomsky

The mere holding of slaves, therefore, is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it, any more than the being a…

— Samuel Morse

Socialism: nothing more than the theory that the slave is always more virtuous than his master

— Anonymous

Illicit trade corrupts corporations and governments alike, allows dictators to survive, and obscures oppression, including modern day slavery.

— Sharan Burrow

The greatest slave is not he who is ruled by a despot, great though that evil be, but he who is in the thrall…

— Samuel Smiles

Of governments there are said to be only two forms - democracy and oligarchy. For aristocracy is considered to be a kind of oligarchy,…

— Aristotle

The people of a nation are enslaved when, together, they are helpless to institute effective change, when the people serve the government more than…

— Gerry Spence