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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgement of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations."

James Madison

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"Wars throughout history have been waged for conquest and plunder . . . The working class who fight all the battles,  he working class who make the supreme sacrifices,  the working class who freely shed their blood and furnish their  corpses,  have never yet had a voice in either declaring war or making peace.   It is the ruling class that invariably does both."   

Eugene Debs

On September 14, 1918,  Eugene Debs was sentenced to 10  years in federal prison for speaking out against WWI.    He addressed the court, saying:   "While there is a lower class,  I am in it;  while there is a criminal element,  I am of it;  while there is a soul in prison,  I am not free."   from STUPID WHITE MEN  by Michael Moore

DRAFT RESISTER
Steppenwolf

He was talking 'bout the Army
While he passed his pipe around.
An American deserter,
Who found peace on Swedish ground.

He had joined to seek adventure
And to prove himself a man.
But they tried to crush his spirit
'til his conscience ruined their plan.

Then he thought of those who suffer
For the sake of honesty.
All those who refuse to follow
Traitors to humanity.

Here's to all the draft resisters
Who will fight for sanity.
When they march them off to prison
In this land of liberty.

Heed the threat, and awesome power
Of the mighty Pentagon.
Which is wasting, precious billions,
On the toys of Washington.

Don't forget the draft resisters
In their silent lonely plea
When they've marched them off to prison,
They will come for you and me.

Shame, disgrace, and all dishonor,
Wrongly placed upon their heads,
Will not rob them, of the courage,
Which betrays the innocent.

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