Remember the Past
We're a people who's social fabric is in shreds. How did we get here? History helps answer the question. As George Santayana poignantly pointed out, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Let's remember the past.
Joseph Stalin
"It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."
"Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed."
"Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas."
Joseph Goebbels
"It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion."
"Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play."
Adolph Hitler
"The very first essential for success is a perpetually constant and regular employment of violence."
"He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future."
"By the skillful and sustained use of propaganda, one can make a people see even heaven as hell or an extremely wretched life as paradise."
"The day of individual happiness has passed."
Merrick Garland, Attorney General of the United States of America
"Coordination and partnership with local law enforcement is critical to implementing these measures for the benefit of our nation's nearly 14,000 public school districts. To this end, I am directing the Federal Bureau of Investigation, working with each United States Attorney, to convene meetings with federal, state, local, Tribal, and territorial leaders in each federal judicial district within 30 days of the issuance of this memorandum. These meetings will facilitate the discussion of strategies for addressing threats against school administrators, board members, teachers, and staff, and will open dedicated lines of communication for threat reporting, assessment, and response."
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Note: The quotes are the result of research limited to the internet.