Robert David Steele Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“I am a patriot. I have always sought to serve my country, in theory a Republic. Learning that secrecy was evil rather than good was my first step. From there it was a steady march toward open-source everything. Now I see all the evil that secrecy enables in a corrupt Congress, a corrupt Executive, a corrupt economy, and a corrupt society. I see that the greatest service I or any other person can render to the Republic is to march firmly, non-violently, toward open-source everything.”
-- Robert David Steele

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“Public agency is emergent, and the ability of the public to literally put any bank or corporation out of business overnight is looming. To paraphrase Abe Lincoln, you cannot screw all of the people all of the time. We're there. All we lack is a major precipitant – our Tunisian fruit seller. When it happens the revolution will be deep and lasting.”
-- Robert David Steele

Source : "The open source revolution is coming and it will conquer the 1% - ex CIA spy". Interview with Nafeez Ahmed, www.theguardian.com. June 19, 2014.

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“Complexity demands resilience, and that's what panarchy offers. Resilience in the face of complexity is a challenge even when you apply rigorous intelligence and integrity to develop a coherent and flexible strategy.”
-- Robert David Steele

Source : Robert David Steele (2012). “The Open-Source Everything Manifesto: Transparency, Truth, and Trust”, p.86, North Atlantic Books

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“Most terrorists are false flag terrorists, or are created by our own security services. In the United States, every single terrorist incident we have had has been a false flag, or has been an informant pushed on by the FBI. In fact, we now have citizens taking out restraining orders against FBI informants that are trying to incite terrorism. We've become a lunatic asylum.”
-- Robert David Steele

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“The typical computer network isn't like a house with windows, doors, and locks. It's more like a gauze tent encircled by a band of drunk teenagers with lit matches.”
-- Robert David Steele

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“We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is united behind it. In reality, every line of policy is repudiated by a section, often by an influential section, of the country concerned. A foreign minister who waited until everyone agreed with him would have no foreign policy at all.”

“I think in this country we're committed to developing plays, and many plays I've seen have been rewritten too much. The scenes are tight, the play ends at the right time, you know exactly what the scene is about, but it seems flat; you can almost see that too many hands have been on the play. The individual voice is gone.”

“Arthur V. Berger commenting on the music of Aaron Copland: Here is at last an American that we may place unapologetically beside the great recognized creative figures of any other country.”

“A hero would die for his country, but he'd much rather live for it.”

“When you take a tree that is rooted in the ground, and transfer it from one place to another, the tree will no longer bear fruit. And if it does, the fruit will not be as good as it was in its original place. This is a rule of nature. I think if I had left my country, I would be the same as the tree.”

“The survival of democracy depends on the renunciation of violence and the development of nonviolent means to combat evil and advance the good.”

“What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? An inviolable respect for the Constitution and Laws.”

“I am a former sabre fencer and fenced as part of the Uzbek republic team.”

Source : Interview with Ian Cobain, www.theguardian.com. November 18, 2007.

“The Republic of Texas is no more.”

“I may die, but the Republic of 1916 will never die. Onward to the Republic and liberation of our people.”

Source : Bobby Sands (1982). “Skylark Sing Your Lonely Song: An Anthology of the Writings of Bobby Sands”, Irish Amer Book Company