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1 " The truth is not in the commercial media because the truth is a dagger pointed at its heart, which is its pocketbook. "
― George Seldes , Facts and Fascism
2 " No school can supply an anti-liberal education, or a fascist education, as these terms are contradictory. Liberalism and education are one. "
― George Seldes
3 " The Republican and Democratic parties both feed out of the same bag provided by the monied system, and where the list frequently differs the same interests are represented. "
4 " JAMES BALDWIN (1924–1987) American writer Notes of a Native Son (1955) A devotion to humanity … is too easily equated with a devotion to a Cause, and Causes, as we know, are notoriously blood-thirsty. "
― George Seldes , The Great Thoughts
5 " great riches there is no real use, except it be in the distribution; the rest is but conceit. The ways to enrich are many, and most of them foul. “Of Riches "
6 " The world is white no longer, and it will never be white again. Nobody Knows My Name (1961) "
7 " Above all things, good policy is to be used that the treasure and monies in a state be not gathered into few hands.… And money is like muck, not good except it be spread. “Of Seditions and Troubles "
8 " GEORGE F. BAER (1842–1914) American railroad industrialist The rights and interests of the laboring man will be protected and cared for, not by labor agitators, but by the Christian men to whom God in His infinite wisdom has given the control of the property interests of the country. Letter to Rev. W.F. Clark, July 17, 1902 "
9 " HOSEA BALLOU (1771–1852) American theologian Weary the path that does not challenge. Doubt is an incentive to truth and patient inquiry leadeth the way. A religion that requires persecution to sustain it is of the devil’s propagation. Universalist publications, c. 1819 "
