so i went into the bookstore to buy nietzsche, and i came out of the bookstore with paine, foucault, and j.s. mill. {posted by an admitted bibliophile who apprently doesn't get enough time with them during her 40 hours/ week in a library}
Thomas Paine, Common Sense
"Oppression is often the consequence, but seldom or never the means of riches."
"Government by kings was first introduced into the world by the Heathens, from whom the children of Israel copied the custom. It was the most prosperous invention the Devil ever set on foot for the promotion of idolatry. The Heathens paid divine honors to their deceased kings, and the christian world hath improved on the plan by doing the same to their living ones."
"But where says some is the King of America?... in America, THE LAW IS KING."
"Debts we have none; and whatever we may contract on this account will serve as a glorious memento of our virtue." HA.
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