Quotes

Tyranny

“People shouldn’t be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people.”
- V, V For Vendetta

“There are always men like you.”

When government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.
- Thomas Jefferson, (Others)

Communism & Capitalism

“…everything they told us about communism was a lie, but everything they told us about capitalism was true.”

  • Kristen Ghodsee, Mitchell Orenstein, Taking Stock of Shock: Social Consequences of the 1989 Revolutions