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[Vexari]

that translates to a system..

that sucks the pure energy from the unknowing(many)..

for the benefit of a select few..

[PappaJohn]

Vex,
Jefferson's quote is so true. Here's a couple more along the same vein.

The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power. ~Daniel Webster

I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations. ~James Madison, speech, Virginia Convention, 1788

Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance. ~Woodrow Wilson