Nov 13 2008
Thomas Paine on Church
My own mind is my own church. Thomas Paine
Oct 26 2008
William Drummond on Reason
He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that dares not reason is a slave.
Oct 07 2008
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
“Whoever puts his hand on me to govern me is a usurper and a tyrant. I declare him my enemy.”
“My conscience is mine, my justice is mine, and my freedom is a sovereign freedom.”
“To be governed is to be watched over, inspected, spied on, directed, legislated, regimented, closed in, indoctrinated, preached at, controlled, assessed, evaluated, censored, commanded; all by creatures that have neither the right, nor wisdom, nor virtue… To be governed means that at every move, operation, or transaction one is noted, registered, entered in a census, taxed, stamped, priced, assessed, patented, licensed, authorized, recommended, admonished, prevented, reformed, set right, corrected. Government means to be subjected to tribute, trained, ransomed, exploited, monopolized, extorted, pressured, mystified, robbed; all in the name of public utility and the general good. Then, at the first sign of resistance or word of complaint, one is repressed, fined, despised, vexed, pursued, hustled, beaten up, garroted, imprisoned, shot, machine-gunned, judged, sentenced, deported, sacrificed, sold, betrayed, and to cap all, ridiculed, mocked, outraged and dishonored. That is government, that is its justice and its morality!”