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There has always been, and there is now, a profound conflict of interest between the people and the government of the United States.

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Before God and high heaven, is there a law for one man which is not a law for every other man?

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The Constitution. . . illustrates the complexity of the American system: that it serves the interests of a wealthy elite, but also does enough for sma...more

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The cry of the poor is is not always just, but if you don't listen to it, you will never know what justice is.

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The government is an artificial creation, established by the people to defend everyone's equal right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. A...more

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We must recognize that we cannot depend on the governments of the world to abolish war because they and the economic interests they represent benefit ...more

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But by this time I was acutely conscious of the gap between law and justice. I knew that the letter of the law was not as important as who held the po...more

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I am convinced that imprisonment is a way of pretending to solve the problem of crime. It does nothing for the victims of crime, but perpetuates the i...more

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Civil disobedience, as I put it to the audience, was not the problem, despite the warnings of some that it threatened social stability, that it led to...more

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I was astonished, bewildered. This was America, a country where, whatever its faults, people could speak, write, assemble, demonstrate without fear. I...more

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You can't be neutral on a moving train.

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History can come in handy. If you were born yesterday, with no knowledge of the past, you might easily accept whatever the government tells you. But k...more