Merle Haggard Quotes

Nothing for the Left, nothing the government does is ever about its superficial reason; it's only and always about expanding government power and control over you.

I believe there's something out there watching over us. Unfortunately, it's the government

One thing about a police state, you can always find the police.

Governments, existing primarily to protect and enhance capitalism, maintain their power through the use of technologies that control the populace - by bread or circuses, by war or schooling, by armies and police, all of which are enabled and empowered by technology. That is what we might call the stick part of capitalism, while the riches-for-the-few is the carrot.

If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.

The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

What the power structure is afraid of is that we're going to learn to recognize the truth when we hear it.

Just in general, any government throughout history hasn't really wanted its people to be educated, because then they couldn't control them as easily.

One of the main ways that leadership stays in power is by, in various ways, convincing people that they should just let those who are in government govern: 'Trust us. Trust me. Just let us take care of things. Stay out of it.' Your opinions don't really matter. You are isolated. You are insignificant.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Remember that this White house is populated with … control freaks.

Exploitation and government are two inseparable expressions of what is called politics.

Every dictator uses religion as a prop to keep himself in power.

What is new in our time is the increased power of the authorities to enforce their prejudices.

Who do you think is more difficult to face: oppressive governments, or oppressive societies?

People are least aware of others when demonstrating their own power over them.

In a dictatorship there is no choice, the elections are controlled, the police are the military, fear equals control, speech is suppressed, the economy is looted, the people are slaves.

It is foolish for people to think they can align themselves and be safe in a police state.

The issue is we're losing leverage. Governments are increasingly getting more power and we are increasingly losing our ability to control that power, and even to be aware of that power.

When the government is quite unobtrusive, people are indeed pure. When the government is quite prying, people are indeed conniving.

As long as a government can come and shoot you, you can't jump on the Internet to freedom.

Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.

The FBI has always supported big business and big government.

The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.

The government continues to erode our freedom.