"The extension was needed to help Libyans trying to control surplus weapons and to deal with Gaddafi loyalists."
Mustafa Abdul Jalil
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"Cage's Music of Changes was a further indication that the arts in general were beginning to consciously deal with the "given" material and, to varying degrees, liberating them from the inherited, functional concepts of control."
Earle Brown
The tank, the B-52, the fighter-bomber, the state-controlled police and military are the weapons of dictatorship. The rifle is the weapon of democracy. Not for nothing was the revolver called an "equalizer." Egalite implies liberte. And always will. Let us hope our weapons are never needed — but do not forget what the common people of this nation knew when they demanded the Bill of Rights: An armed citizenry is the first defense, the best defense, and the final defense against tyranny.
Edward Abbey
The pressure of an all-powerful totalitarian state creates an emotional tension in its citizens that determines their acts. When people are divided into "loyalists" and "criminals" a premium is placed on every type of conformist, coward, and hireling; whereas among the "criminals" one finds a singularly high percentage of people who are direct, sincere, and true to themselves.
Czeslaw Milosz
"...I land a major record deal, complete with a huge advance of $ that helped pay off tens of thousands of dollars in debt I put myself into just for the shot at making music my full time gig. The 9/11 catastrophe hits, our economy tanks and the label pulls the plug on their whole deal. They dissolve the label but were kind enough to let me know that I needed to pay them back all the $ they had advanced."
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Jalil, Mustafa Abdul
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