For Many, Greed And Selfishness Is Now The Norm

Do You See Why It Is Violent?
When you call yourself an Indian or a Muslim or a Christian or a European, or anything else, you are being violent.
Do you see why it is violent?
Because you are separating yourself from the rest of mankind.
When you separate yourself by belief, by nationality, by tradition, it breeds violence.
So a man who is seeking to understand violence does not belong to any country, to any religion, to any political party or partial system.
He is concerned with the total understanding of mankind.
( Jiddu Krishnamurti, 1895-1986 )

I’ve been around the ruling class all my life, and I’ve been quite aware of their total contempt for the people of the country.
( Gore Vidal, 1925-2012 )

Boris Johnson is the life and soul of the party but he’s not the man you want driving you home at the end of the evening.
( Amber Rudd )

The most revolutionary thing one can do is always to proclaim loudly what is happening.
( Rosa Luxemburg )

Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play.
( Joseph Goebbels )

I like to hangout with people that make me forget to look at my phone.
( Bill Murray )

We now live in a nation where doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the press destroys information, religion destroys morals, and our banks destroy the economy.
( Chris Hedges )

The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly – it must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over.
( Joseph Goebbels )

There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest.
( Elie Wiesel )

How Can I Get On, At The Expense Of You?
In 1945 we had probably the best reforming government we’ve had, in the Attlee government.
The consciousness of people was that we were a collective and we were stronger together than as individuals.
People had made that sacrifice to win the war, so the consciousness was: We’ve achieved things that will never be taken away from us, like the health service, like public ownership of the mines, of transport, of gas, electric, it was ours.
And now, that’s gone, we’ve just given it away.
Allowed politicians to give it to their friends.
And the cult of the individual, from 1979 onwards, which New Labour followed, has killed that.
The consciousness now is not: “How can we work together?”
It’s: “How can I get on, at the expense of you?”
That’s pretty horrible.
( Ken Loach )

Unions have been the only powerful and effective voice working people have ever had in the history of this country.
( Bruce Springsteen )

It’s not like we think poor people are lizards or anything, but they’re certainly not what we would call proper human beings.
I’d say they are some sort of human/vermin hybrid.
( Chris Grayling, UK Tory MP and Justice Secretary )

To blame the poor for subsisting on welfare has no justice unless we are also willing to judge every rich member of society by how productive he or she is.
Taken individual by individual, it is likely that there’s more idleness and abuse of government favours among the economically privileged than among the ranks of the disadvantaged.
( Norman Mailer )

Nothing will ever be their fault.
Everything will be about their needs and their wants.
They lack empathy and compassion for both people and animals, they care only about themselves.
Everyone and everything will be used to achieve their needs and agendas.
( Rose Winfold on the Conservative Party )

The people who stay true to those who put them in power, these are the people I admire, not the people who climb into power on the backs of others, kick away the ladder and are presented as ‘men of principle’ and ‘moderates’.
( Tony Benn, 1925-2014 )

How can wealth persuade poverty to use its political power to keep wealth in power?
Here lies the whole art of Conservative politics in the twentieth century.
( Aneurin Bevan )

I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy.
Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.
( Martin Luther King Jr. )

Sadists Are Cowards And Bullies.
Sadism involves gaining pleasure from seeing others undergo pain or discomfort.
Sadists don’t always exhibit physical violence or aggression, they often display aggressive social behaviours and get pleasure from humiliating others in order to achieve a sense of power over them.
Sadists are cowards and bullies, and often lack self-esteem and confidence.
( Orson W. Field )

When an idiot or a fool or a cheat is unable to dispute or challenge the truth, they will often resort to childish name-calling or abuse in a pathetic attempt to ridicule and discredit the person or persons who state the truth.
( Rose Winfold )

Our leaders and politicians fear those with knowledge, and control those without it.

Until we have a higher quality of politician, men and women who have worked in the real world, we are stuck with arrogant, second-rate chumps.

We become failures only when we begin to blame someone else.
It seems that many UK MPs, both Conservative and Labour, blame the EU for their own doings.

For many, greed and selfishness is now the norm.
Morals and decency have eroded away.

Either we will replant the forests that we have destroyed ourselves, or the Earth will restore them herself, once we are gone.

History tells us that when you separate yourself by nationality, by belief, by religion, by politics, by tradition, it breeds violence.

Modern slaves are not in chains, they are in debt.

Smear campaigns, as we often see in politics, are carefully constructed by using lies, false accusations, and exaggerations, in an attempt to destroy the credibility of their target and to hide their own insecurities.
At the same time they paint themselves as innocent, worthy and upstanding.
( Edwin Floors )

The person who has to bake a loaf to earn the money to buy a slice of bread is not free.

The world is controlled by bankers, corporations and weapons manufacturers.
They work from the shadows manipulating public perception so the public will argue over petty issues while the corporate fat-cats make billions.
It’s always been about profits over people.
( Neil Sowford )

Most politicians are happy and wealthy, living in their own little world, but are absolutely worthless to society.

The people did not cause this debt.
The old folk who get sick did not cause this debt.
Hungry children did not cause this debt.
Families who had their homes repossessed did not cause this debt.
YOUR WARS CAUSED THIS DEBT.
TAX-CUTS FOR THE RICH CAUSED THIS DEBT.

Wars Are Big Business.
Weapons manufacturers want war so they can sell their products to both sides.
Bankers want war so they can lend money at interest to both sides.
Governments want war because it boosts their ego and deflects from the real issues at hand.
( Orson W. Field )

A Government will twist the words of a victim who may cause them problems, and manipulate the situation in order to isolate the victim and turn other people against him or her.

If you believe nobody should get something for nothing, then you should be against receiving inheritance.

It starts with politicians dividing the people with ‘US v THEM’.
It starts with intolerance and hate speech and when people stop caring, become desensitised and turn a blind eye.

The Government continue to urge the people to tolerate current cuts to social care, health and public services, none of which affects them, with the promise of better times to come.

Can we please have more celebrities that have a talent, and not the foul-mouthed idiots that appear on reality TV shows?
Please let our children grow up with positive role models and not attention-seeking morons with no talent.