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The only hope we have is the Internet. We must strive to keep it free.
L. Neil Smith
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L. Neil Smith
Age: 75 †
Born: 1946
Born: May 12
Died: 2021
Died: August 27
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Lester Neil Smith III
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Thanks to guys like Boss Tweed, famous for saying, 'I don't give a damn who does the voting, as long as I do the nominating,' there hasn't been an honest election in the USA since sometime around the War Between the States.
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I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation I have anything to do with.
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Like the government, corporations must be bound with the chains of the Constitution, and especially of the Bill of Rights.
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Choose your allies carefully: it's highly unlikely that you'll ever be held morally, legally, or historically accountable for the actions of your enemies.
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People in the mass media tend more and more every day to look and act like elected and appointed officials.
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Lincoln emancipated nobody. The man freed not a single slave.
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Socialism is, among other things, the political habitat of low self-esteem, incompetence, self-loathing, and a willingness to steal - or have stolen for you what you are unable or unwilling to work for. Socialism is a philosophy fit only for slugs, leaches, and mosquitoes.
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