Quote of the Day -- On Government, Religion and Capital

"'Capital' ... in the political field is analogous to 'government'. ... The economic idea of capitalism, the politics of government or of authority, and the theological idea of the Church are three identical ideas, linked in various ways. To attack one of them is equivalent to attacking all of them. ... What capital does to labour, and the State to liberty, the Church does to the spirit. This trinity of absolutism is as baneful in practice as it is in philosophy. The most effective means for oppressing the people would be simultaneously to enslave its body, its will and its reason."

--Pierre-Joseph Proudhon on mutualism

To which I would add:  

“Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.”   --Napoleon Bonaparte.

Quotes of the Day -- On Religion

"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich."

--Napoleon Bonaparte

"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." 

--Denis Diderot

"This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness." 

--Dalai Lama

Finally, I had never seen this one but suddenly, it's another favorite:

"Christians, like slaves and soldiers, ask no questions." 

--Jerry Falwell

Go in peace.

Have a nice day.

Quotes of the Day -- Sunday Edition

"Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich." 

--Napoleon Bonaparte 

"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." 

--Denis Diderot

"All religions are sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician and ridiculous to the philosopher." 

--Lucretius, all the way back to 94 BC to 49 BC.