64 Quotes by Rodrigue Tremblay

Nowadays, a [U.S.] president who does not start a war abroad or who does not enlarge one already in progress is open to criticism and is likely to suffer politically. He must be seen less as a president than as a “commander-in-chief”, and even – as a de facto emperor.

A government bent on controlling the people can never gather enough information on citizens, and it can be expected to use all the available techniques to obtain it.

The unrestricted use of big money in politics can turn a vibrant democracy into a decadent plutocracy, just as surely as poisoning a well can destroy a village.

For everyone of us, there is but one way to be born, but there are a thousand ways to die.

The world should take notice when someone… with a fanatic mind and with powerful means, pretends to receive his marching orders from heaven.

Historically speaking, organized religions have often produced more demagogues and charlatans than politics.

Generally speaking, because of its so many pitfalls, the all-out economic globalization that is currently being imposed on nations and people alike is bound to implode, sooner or later. This is because it is a bad economic and political model. It de facto transfers the real power in our societies from legitimate elected officials to officers of large corporations and of mega banks, and to owners of capital who, in turn, use it to corrupt the political system.

Legally created entities such as corporations are not moral agents; only breathing individuals are; only they can adopt moral standards of conduct and be a source of law.

It is a sad fact that even in so-called democracies, it seems that all wars are based on and sold with official lies and fraudulent fabrications in order to fool the people. Warmongers in government know that people do not like wars, especially illegal wars of aggression, against countries which have not attacked them, and that is why their first reflex is to attempt to drag the people along with lies and false pretexts for war, and by dehumanizing any potential enemy through simplistic propaganda.