The dirty truth is that the rich are the great cause of poverty. - Michael Parenti

Every ruling class has wanted only this: all the rewards and none of the burdens. The operational code is: we have a lot; we can get more; we want it all.

To say that schools fail to produce an informed, critically minded, democratic citizenry is to overlook the fact that schools were never intended for that purpose.

The Federalists also used bribes, intimidation, and fraud against opponents of the Constitution.