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Plato: Republic Book VIII [Jowett] - Study Well

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font-family:Courier;font-size:130%;"> click photo for full text Excerpts from book VIII The people have always some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. Yes, that is their way. This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears above ground he is a protector. Yes, that is quite clear... ... At first, in the early days of his power, he is full of smiles, and he salutes every one whom he meets; -- he to be called a tyrant, who is making promises in public and also in private! liberating debtors, and distributing land to the people and his followers, and wanting to be so kind and good to every one! Of course, he said. But when he has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader. To be sure. Has he not also another object, which is that they may be impoverished by payment of taxes, and thus c

Terror Politics: The Deeper Financial Perspecive

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savethemales.ca is among the best journals i have found on the study of conspiracy - here are a few interesting viewpoints - what do you think? Financial Oligarchy Is Behind This War by Rachel Douglas of EIR General Colonel Leonid G. Ivashov, the outspoken former head of the International Military Cooperation Department of the Russian Ministry of Defense, has published a strategic assessment of the current fighting in Southwest Asia. (www.iamik.ru). According to Gen. Ivashov, the driving force behind the Israeli operation against Hezbollah and Lebanon is not provocations by Syria or Iran, not Hezbollah, and not Israel itself, nor the United States, or Great Britain. Rather, writes Ivashov, "In our view, the primary player is the politically shadowy world financial oligarchy, which is working steadily and persistently to change the political, economic, and social organization of the global community, in its own interest. The well-known American economist Lyndon LaRouche calls th

The National Security Strategy of the United States of America

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Table of Contents Introduction Overview of America's International Strategy Champion Aspirations for Human Dignity Strengthen Alliances to Defeat Global Terrorism and Work to Prevent Attacks Against Us and Our Friends Work with others to Defuse Regional Conflicts Prevent Our Enemies from Threatening Us, Our Allies, and Our Friends with Weapons of Mass Destruction Ignite a New Era of Global Economic Growth through Free Markets and Free Trade Expand the Circle of Development by Opening Societies and Building the Infrastructure of Democracy Develop Agendas for Cooperative Action with the Other Main Centers of Global Power Transform America's National Security Institutions to Meet the Challenges and Opportunities of the Twenty-First Century PDF Version of The National Security Strategy of the United States of America