{"quotes":[{"text":"It was so easy to sell anything to the common people, if one could add an element of magic and some religion into it.","author":"Anand Neelakantan","tags":["common-man","magic","religion"],"id":376,"author_id":"Anand+Neelakantan"},{"text":"In the era of angry and aggressive policing, it is an honorable service to your fellow citizens to video record police officers interactions with the common people.","author":"Steven Magee","tags":["aggressive","aggressive-behavior","aggressiveness","angry","angry-people","citizen","citizen-power","citizens","citizens-of-humanity","common","common-good","common-man","era","fellow","fellow-beings","fellow-humans","film","honorable","honorable-person","interact","interactions","officer","officers","people","people","police","police-brutality","police-corruption","police-officer","police-reform","police-service","police-state","policeman","policemen","policing","public","record","recording","service","service-to-mankind","service-to-others","video"],"id":5452,"author_id":"Steven+Magee"},{"text":"We will ensure a place for you in heaven, but we will make this place a hell.' Religious exploiters'Follow us for a greater economy and other superficial dreams, and we will make sure it never happens, ever.' Political Class'I search for happiness in all the wrong places because I have been conditioned to believe that happiness is somewhere outside (can't find it within).' Common Man'You are absolutely free to do anything only if you do what we say.' Society.","author":"Saurabh Sharma","tags":["brainwashing","capitilism","common-man","free-will","human-nature","humor","inner-quest","mind","politics","religious-exploiters","society"],"id":57872,"author_id":"Saurabh+Sharma"},{"text":"No,' Foyle roared. 'Let them hear this. Let them hear everything.'You're insane, man. You've handed a loaded gun to children.'Stop treating them like children and they'll stop behaving like children. Who the hell are you to play monitor?'What are you talking about?'Stop treating them like children. Explain the loaded gun to them. Bring it all out into the open.' Foyle laughed savagely. 'I've ended the last star-chamber conference in the world. I've blown that last secret wide open. No more secrets from now on.... No more telling the children what's best for them to know.... Let 'em all grow up. It's about. ","author":"Alfred Bester","tags":["1956","awakening","common-man","complacency","duty","elitism","gully-foyle","national-security","responsibility","scapegoat","star-chamber"],"id":58652,"author_id":"Alfred+Bester"},{"text":"Pick a leader who will make their citizens proud. One who will stir the hearts of the people, so that the sons and daughters of a given nation strive to emulate their leader's greatness. Only then will a nation be truly great, when a leader inspires and produces citizens worthy of becoming future leaders, honorable decision makers and peacemakers. And in these times, a great leader must be extremely brave. Their leadership must be steered only by their conscience, not a bribe.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["administration","airlines","bail","bail-out","banker","bankers","banking","banking-system","banks","best-leader","big-business","big-pharma","bipartisan","blood","books","brave","bravery","bribe","bridges","build-bridges","capitalism","censor","censorship","chaos","character","citizen","common-man","companies","confident","confident-leader","conscience","conservation","convergence","corporations","corrupt","corruption","country","critic","criticism","criticsm","darkness","decisionmakers","decison-makers","democrat","destruction","diplomacy","diplomatic","discriminate","discrimination","dissent","diversity","divide","divides","division","doctor","doctors","education","educators","election","elections","employment","environment","environmental","environmentalism","environmentalist","equality","ethnic-tolerance","fair","fairness","families","farmer","fear","for-the-people","foreign-relations","freedom","freedom-of-speech","funding","furture","future-leaders","good-leader","government","government-corruption","great-leader","great-leadership","great-nation","greatness","greed","guide","hands","hate","hatred","health-care","heart-driven","hearts","homes","honest","honest-broker","honorable","human-condition","human-life","humanity","humans","humble","hypocrisy","identify","ignorance","immaturity","immorality","improvement","incentives","indentifies","inspire","integrity","intellectualism","intelligent","job","jobs","justice","law","lawlessness","lead","leader","leaders","leadership","leadership-characteristics","leadership-traits","libraries","library","lie","lies","lobbyist","losing","love","make-america-great-again","man-on-the-street","mankind","monetary","monetary-profit","money","money-driven","morality","mortage","mortages","multinational","nation","oil","oil-tycoon","peace","peaceful","peacekeeper","peacemaker","peacemakers","people","pharma","pharmaceutical","pick-a-leader","picking-sides","political-science","politics","preservation","president","presidential","protection","public","race","race-tolerance","racism","religious-tolerance","republican","school","schools","scrutiny","secrecy","security","segregation","selecting","serves-the-people","silencing-dissent","sly","society","speech","spending","stability","street","street-level","strong","teacher","teachers","team","terror","tolerance","tolerate","transparency","truth","truthfulness","understand","understanding","unite","unites","uniting","unity","vote","voter","voting","walls","war","we-the-people","weapons","wisdom","word"],"id":77345,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"When picking a leader, choose a peacemaker. One who unites, not divides. A cultured leader who supports the arts and true freedom of speech, not censorship.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["administration","best-leader","bipartisan","capitalism","censor","common-man","corporations","corrupt","corruption","country","democrat","divide","divides","division","election","elections","equality","for-the-people","freedom","freedom-of-speech","good-leader","government","government-corruption","guide","heart-driven","honest","human-condition","identify","indentifies","justice","lead","leader","leaders","leadership","leadership-characteristics","leadership-traits","man-on-the-street","money","money-driven","nation","peace","peacemaker","people","picking-sides","political-science","politics","president","presidential","republican","selecting","serves-the-people","speech","street","street-level","truth","understand","understanding","unites","vote","voter","voting","we-the-people"],"id":119950,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"You're a part of the order if you're not against it.","author":"Saleem Sharma","tags":["common-man","democracy","order","rules"],"id":126597,"author_id":"Saleem+Sharma"},{"text":"Pick a leader who will keep jobs in your country by offering companies incentives to hire only within their borders, not one who allows corporations to outsource jobs for cheaper labor when there is a national employment crisis. Choose a leader who will invest in building bridges, not walls. Books, not weapons. Morality, not corruption. Intellectualism and wisdom, not ignorance. Stability, not fear and terror. Peace, not chaos. Love, not hate. Convergence, not segregation. Tolerance, not discrimination. Fairness, not hypocrisy. Substance, not superficiality. Character, not immaturity. Transparency, not secrecy. Justice, not lawlessness. Environmental improvement and preservation, not destruction. Truth, not lies.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["administration","airlines","bail","bail-out","banker","bankers","banking","banking-system","banks","best-leader","big-business","big-pharma","bipartisan","capitalism","censor","common-man","companies","confident","conservation","corporations","corrupt","corruption","country","democrat","diplomacy","diplomatic","diversity","divide","divides","division","doctor","doctors","education","educators","election","elections","employment","environment","environmental","environmentalism","environmentalist","equality","families","farmer","for-the-people","foreign-relations","freedom","freedom-of-speech","funding","good-leader","government","government-corruption","guide","health-care","heart-driven","homes","honest","honest-broker","human-condition","humble","identify","incentives","indentifies","integrity","intelligent","job","jobs","justice","lead","leader","leaders","leadership","leadership-characteristics","leadership-traits","libraries","library","lie","lies","lobbyist","losing","make-america-great-again","man-on-the-street","money","money-driven","mortage","mortages","nation","oil","oil-tycoon","peace","peacekeeper","peacemaker","people","pharma","pharmaceutical","pick-a-leader","picking-sides","political-science","politics","president","presidential","protection","race","racism","republican","school","schools","selecting","serves-the-people","sly","speech","spending","street","street-level","strong","teacher","teachers","truth","understand","understanding","unites","vote","voter","voting","war","we-the-people","wisdom","word"],"id":171163,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"While police internal affairs is allowed to protect corrupt police officers that engage in unethical behaviors, illegal activities or murder, there will always be a genuine mistrust by the common people.","author":"Steven Magee","tags":["activities","affairs","allowed","always","behaviours","common","common-man","corrupt","corruption","engage","genuine","illegal","illegal-actions","internal","mistrust","murder","people","people-relations","police","police-brutality","police-corruption","police-officer","police-state","policeman","policemen","protect","unethical","while"],"id":204611,"author_id":"Steven+Magee"},{"text":"Pick a leader who will not only bail out banks and airlines, but also families from losing their homes -- or jobs due to their companies moving to other countries. Pick a leader who will fund schools, not limit spending on education and allow libraries to close. Pick a leader who chooses diplomacy over war. An honest broker in foreign relations. A leader with integrity, one who says what they mean, keeps their word and does not lie to their people. Pick a leader who is strong and confident, yet humble. Intelligent, but not sly. A leader who encourages diversity, not racism. One who understands the needs of the farmer, the teacher, the doctor, and the environmentalist -- not only the banker, the oil tycoon, the weapons developer, or the insurance and pharmaceutical lobbyist.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["administration","airlines","bail","bail-out","banker","bankers","banking","banking-system","banks","best-leader","big-business","big-pharma","bipartisan","capitalism","censor","common-man","companies","confident","conservation","corporations","corrupt","corruption","country","democrat","diplomacy","diplomatic","diversity","divide","divides","division","doctor","doctors","education","educators","election","elections","employment","environment","environmental","environmentalism","environmentalist","equality","families","farmer","for-the-people","foreign-relations","freedom","freedom-of-speech","funding","good-leader","government","government-corruption","guide","health-care","heart-driven","homes","honest","honest-broker","human-condition","humble","identify","incentives","indentifies","integrity","intelligent","job","jobs","justice","lead","leader","leaders","leadership","leadership-characteristics","leadership-traits","libraries","library","lie","lies","lobbyist","losing","make-america-great-again","man-on-the-street","money","money-driven","mortage","mortages","nation","oil","oil-tycoon","peace","peacekeeper","peacemaker","people","pharma","pharmaceutical","pick-a-leader","picking-sides","political-science","politics","president","presidential","protection","race","racism","republican","school","schools","selecting","serves-the-people","sly","speech","spending","street","street-level","strong","teacher","teachers","truth","understand","understanding","unites","vote","voter","voting","war","we-the-people","wisdom","word"],"id":221296,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":15,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}