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How outsourcing has changed the U.S political state.

Neil Hirshman⁠ Partner Kirkland & Ellis LLP In the last two years, more than 300 state bills were introduced directly targeting outsourcing. While the 12 bills that made it into law will impact government contracting most directly, certain pending legislation, if enacted, may force providers to have onshore operations for purposes of providing certain services or handling certain data. However, it is new laws and increased FTC enforcement activity relating to data security and privacy, even though not directly targeted at outsourcing, that will likely have the greatest impact. Some 23 states have passed laws requiring notification of security breaches. As these laws typically do not apply to encrypted information, there will be increased focus on the encryption of data. In addition, parties will need to address liability for, and mechanisms that alert the customer to, the occurrence of breaches. In recent actions brought by the FTC alleging failure to use "reasonable measures" to protect data, the reliance of the FTC on the GLB Safeguards Rule and FTC Disposal Rule as general standards across industries will cause customers to insist on more detailed obligations regarding a provider's data security practices, including encryption, access and timely disposal. Finally, a recently-filed case in which it is alleged that the PCAOB (Public Company Accounting Oversight Board), created by Sarbanes-Oxley, violates the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution, together with recent studies on what SOX has cost shareholders, might lead to changes to SOX, which would have a significant impact on a number of outsourcing deals, including on provisions addressing internal controls, audit rights and obligations and liability. Robert Newman⁠ Of Counsel Jones Garneau, LLP Depending on the nature of an outsourcing client's business, there are a host of federal, regulatory and industry standards that require a thorough risk assessment by the project team. During 2005, seven states passed legislation and three states established new commissions that can be categorized as anti-outsourcing or protectionist legislation. There were four bills introduced before Congress, where the initiatives run from relatively benign data collection to serious government funding restrictions on companies that outsource jobs overseas. Compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley continues to be refined and businesses still continue to adapt to the finer points of the USA Patriot Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and the New Basel Capital Accord, to name just a few. The 2005 landmark patent protection passed in India will encourage more pharmaceutical companies to expand their outsourcing projects in that country. While a direct ban on offshore outsourcing is unlikely due to constitutional limitations on the states and restrictions on Congress under various trade agreements, vigilance and planning for change is still critical. Offshore outsourcing clients and suppliers are well served by taking the following principles into account in their agreements: Identify current reporting and compliance requirements and specifically provide who and how they will be addressed. Monitor and identify compliance issues and changes as a team rather than placing these risks solely with a single party. Create specific termination provisions and remedies in the event that legislation makes performance impossible, materially alters costs or materially diminishes the quality of important services. Carefully review boilerplate provisions such as "Duty to Cooperate," "Force Majeure," and "Compliance With The Laws" as they can materially impact continuing obligations and termination options in the event of unexpected changes in the law. Clients remain liable for compliance with applicable U.S. law even if they outsource a business or technical process. By carefully monitoring and planning for compliance and legislative change, the project team can effectively build mechanisms to allocate responsibility and reduce the risks. Dale B. Tauke⁠ Partner Fox, Hefter, Swibel Levin & Carroll LLP New government regulation of outsourcing projects is likely to be a case of "the dog didn't bark" for the foreseeable future, at least in terms of United States Federal regulation. There appear to be few areas where new or substantially revised regulation will raise material issues in outsourcing practice. A number of bills have been introduced in Congress to restrict or penalize outsourcing in various ways, but none have been passed into law. Unless political pressure in the current election year unexpectedly builds from the continued perceived adverse effects of jobs losses to overseas companies, passage of restrictive legislation remains unlikely. State regulation may be a different story. Hundreds of bills regulating outsourcing transactions have been introduced in state legislatures over the past two years and a few have become law. These laws for the most part do not have broad impact on purely private transactions and are generally thought to be unlikely to survive challenge under the U.S. Constitution, but they do need to be reviewed carefully by parties doing business with state governmental entities. In specialized areas of Federal regulation where significant regulations have been propounded in recent years, there is likely to be continued refinement of contractual language and compliance monitoring in private transactions. One such area is that of preventing unauthorized disclosure of individual health or financial information in call-center and data-processing outsourcing projects. Privacy protection regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act have been in place for several years. However, the strong pace of these transactions should continue, with numerous new providers of call center and data services entering the market. Moreover, the Federal Trade Commission has reported to Congress that it may wish to seek additional authority for monitoring and enforcing the privacy requirements in cross-border transactions. Each entity regulated under these laws will need to maintain a strong focus in its contracts and monitoring activities on compliance with the regulations, particularly when dealing with unfamiliar or new service providers

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#3 Album of all time

#3. The Notorious B.I.G. - Ready To Die

Album cover: © Bad Boy

With the aid of Puff Daddy, Biggie helped concoct the formula for 90's rap albums by including club singles like "Big Poppa" and "One More Chance," on a street LP like Ready To Die. The shock-inducing, highly dramatic debut was successful due to Biggie's crisp, meticulously-structured flow and distinct delivery. Serious tales about the harsh realities of street life, suicidal thoughts, and nightmarish death threats, many of which B.I.G. claimed were drawn from real experiences, help make Ready To Die a mainstay of east coast rap. Eight million people would later agree. (Although Ready To Die has enjoyed a tremendous amount of sales since Biggie's demise on March 9, 1997, the album suffered a setback on March 19, 2006. Following a copyrights infringement lawsuit, a judge has ordered that sales on the album be halted, because the title track for Ready To Die sampled Ohio Players' "Singing in The Morning" without permission.)

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People who actually ruined the concept of hip-hop.

Who Killed Hip Hop? Top 10 Suspects Here we are with another guest post. This time our dude Antonio gives us his point of view about something we are really concerned about: Who killed Hip Hop? Watch on YouTube When Nas recorded Who Killed It? a couple of years ago, the song (a clever and slightly schizoid metaphor about the death of hip hop laid on top of the I Ain’t No Joke drum loop) sparked a big debate about whether hip hop was dead or not (and most importantly, about who, in case, was responsible for killing hip hop). Now, the fact that many people were questioning the “Hip Hop is Dead” title to begin with, is a good indication that maybe no killing took place (and it is also an indication of how influential Nas still is, whether we like it or not). If in any instance, God forbid, I was in charge of a murder investigation, there are certain people I would call to give a statement, Columbo-style, given their blatant lack of a credible alibi. Forget the autotune boys, the Dirty South ballers and the ringtone rappers. They are just the last ones in a long line of clowns. Here are the real suspects, brace yourself because there will be some surprises. DJ Premier. Maybe not the first name you would have thought of as someone who killed hip hop. In his case, the reasoning is simple: since Preemo has started dropping bangers in all the best album of the 90′s (sans Wu-Tang, obviously) he created a precedent. First of all, this gave rise to the misconception that producers are more important than rappers (something we can debate to death, but the Group Home album definitely shows that shitty rappers can still make classic albums). Secondly, people started thinking that a couple of good beats were enough to have a hit album (for further proof, check mainstream hip hop today). And the idea of outsourcing the beats to external producers, as Katt Williams would say, “fucked up everything. Everything? Everything”. Dr. Dre. Same thing as Preem, basically, but to a whole new level. When Dre invented G-Funk as we know it, the era of hip hop as a musical phenomenon where personality (did anyone say swagger?) is more important than substance began. Master P. During the No Limit years, if Percy did not kill hip hop, at the least he gave it a lobotomy, given the sheer amount of retarded rappers that were signed by the label. Also, he basically invented the materialistic Dirty South wave (way before bling was called bling),which, unfortunately, I think is going to affect us for another 10 years minimum. Sean Puffy Combs. (I refuse to call him any other way). Probably the biggest sellout evah, Puffy has the nerve to pretend that he still cares for hip hop, besides building a career as an artist on the death of his (supposedly) best friend. But in retrospect, the glitter and Crystal were there even when Biggie was still alive. Oh, before I forget, Puffy didn’t even write the lyrics of I’ll Be Missing You (Sauce Money did). He just looped up the cheesiest sample ever (or did he? Maybe D-Dot made the beat). FunkMaster Flex. One of the most obvious suspects, after the payola scandal. Streets might be watching, but they don’t decide what’s hot anymore. Instead, someone paid by the big labels does… RZA. Someone else who is not so obvious. But, on hindsight, without the Wu-Gambinos, things would have been slightly less annoying in New York. I know he did not act maliciously, but imagine what could have happened without the saga of Bobby Steels and associates… Scott Storch. Going from being part of the Roots Crew to producing Brooke Hogan and Paris Hilton is definitely a giant leap. A bit like jumping from a skyscraper. Timbaland. Timbo is worse than Scotty (and their forgotten beef was ridiculous, obviously). There is no way to redeem yourself, when you are guilty of making Justin Timberlake a pop icon accepted all over the world. No redemption whatsoever is possible. Pharrell Williams. See above. (Artificially) reanimating the careers of human wrecks and feeling good about it is plain wrong. Nowadays Pharrell is considered a sex symbol: it seems like ages ago that Noreaga was calling him a “homo” in public… Tragedy Khadafi. Another one who made an unconscious mistake. Still, building the image of Noreaga from scratch has resulted in rappers thinking that personality is more important than technique and message. Very bad mistake. Jay-Z. The last one of the suspects, and one of the ones in real trouble. As a business partner, he ripped his man off. As a rapper, he ended up giving space to too many irrelevant weed carriers (I see you, Bleek). As the president of the biggest hip hop label ever he did not do his job of developing artists that could have original messages to bring forth. As a guest artist, he appeared on too many shitty songs. And that Death of Autotune is definitely a commercial move. Seriously Jay, get a good lawyer

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Top 10 Worst Dictators of all time

Top Ten Most Evil Dictators of All Time (in order of kill count)

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Some people make horrible decisions, others are just bad presidents, a few are bloodthirsty, many are extremists, a couple are warmongers, and all of these guys are a mix. Ten of our political leaders in the last 130 years have been the architects of the most horrific genocides, systematic murders, blockades, brutal wars, and policy reforms history has ever recorded.

Where to begin? Maybe an icebreaker for you next dinner party? Did you know the word “genocide” was coined in 1943 to describe when the Armenians were slaughtered haphazardly by Turkish leader Ismail Enver? Until then there was no specific word for it in our language. It makes me think about how much more cognizant we’ve become in this last century to these events. So, a quick toast between you and I to a more peaceable future where less of what follows below is allowed to happen. Sit back, but don’t relax.

10. Yakubu Gowon (1.1 million deaths)

Breakdown: 1 million civilians on the wrong side of a blockade caused by a war of secession in Nigeria and 100,000 soldiers who died in that war.

It starts as many sad stories do with precious beautiful oil. It had been found in the Niger delta where tensions were already high between the Eastern region (led by Ojukwu) and the rest of the country (governed by Yakubu). A dummy agreement was signed between them called the “Aburi Accord”, but it meant nothing to either leader. Yakubu started to put pressure on the region, and tested how much sway he had in the area versus Ojukwu. Well Ojukwu being no slouch declared secession from the rest of Nigeria and became the “Republic of Biafra”. This began a war that caused the deaths of 100,000 soldiers, and much worse, a blockade on the region which starved 1 million civilians.

9. Mengistu Haile Mariam (400,000 – 1.5 million deaths)

Breakdown: As president of Ethiopia and colonel of “the Derg” (communist militia) Mengitsu systematically killed those against him in the “Red Terror” campaign.

Mengistu Haile Mariam is (as in still alive) a politician who presided over Ethiopia from 1974 to 1991. The way he got into power was by smothering the previous president Haile Selassie although he has denied those rumors. His biggest claim to fame is the Ethiopian Red Terror which was a campaign of repression led by the Derg (communist militia in Ethiopia).

In his introductory speech Mengitsu yelled, “Death to counterrevolutionaries! Death to the EPRP!” Then he took three bottles filled with blood and threw them to the ground.

It was an auspicious beginning to say the least. Thousands were killed and found dead on the streets in the years that followed. Much of the murdering can be attributed to the friendly neighborhood watch there known as “Kebeles”. As if killing innocents wasn’t enough they would then charge the family a tax to return the dead body to them. The tax was aptly named “the wasted bullet”! Are you serious Mengitsu? However there was an even more gruesome fate of being left on the street where wild hyenas would fight over the dead. The campaign has been described as one of the worst mass murders ever in Africa. Mengitsu is even known to have garroted people to death .

8. Kim Il Sung (1.6 million deaths)

Breakdown: Unpopular among his people Kim used the U.S. as a scapegoat and forced the country to believe in his delusion or else.

Before our very own Kim Jong-Il was his murderous father Kim Il Sung who led North Korea in a terrible direction. He fought for a command economy that allowed the government to make all decisions for the country. For various reasons the people never seemed to love the man, and so his hold on power was tenuous at best. Like most crazies he blamed somebody else, in this case the USA, and said they had spread disease throughout its population. He also pulled a Stalin, and had large-scale purges. His underlying reason was that it would scare people into believing he was telling the truth. Kim’s purge was a little different than Stalin’s though in that there were no trials. During his tenure prison camps sprung up all over the country to contain the ever growing masses of people against Kim Il Sung.

7. Pol Pot (1.7 million deaths)

Breakdown: Forced city folk to relocate to farms and forced them into hard labor.

Pol Pot was the leader of the communist movement in Cambodia. He attempted to “cleanse” the country and it resulted in the death of an estimated 1.7 to 2.5 million people. There was an interesting policy going around called agrarian collectivization which he put into practice in the late 1970′s. Basically it forced city folk to head out to the farms to do some labor and vice versa for farmers. As you might guess, and hindsight is 20/20, neither group was very good at their new jobs. Pol didn’t stop at enslaving his own people though. He also didn’t feed them well, gave them little medical care, and executed many of them. The net result was killing off approximately 1/5 of the Cambodian population!

6. Ismail Enver Pasha (2.5 million deaths)

Breakdown: 1,200,000 Armenians (1915) + 350,000 Greek Pontians and 480,000 Anatolian Greeks (1916-22) + 500,000 Assyrians (1915-20)

He began his career as a Turkish military officer and leader in the Young Turk revolution. Eventually he rose to power and led the Ottoman Empire in both Balkan Wars and World War I. As a war minister Enver was not very useful, and was defeated over and over. His crushing loss at the Battle of Sarikamish needed a scapegoat, and that’s when he decided to blame Armenians for the failure. That is what began what is now known as the Armenian Genocide . The word “genocide” was coined to describe this event.

Etymology from Wikipedia: Coined in 1943 by Raphael Lemkin (1900–1959), a Polish -Jewish legal scholar , to describe what the Turkish government (ca 1915–18) perpetrated against the Armenian people, now called the Armenian Genocide . From the stem of Ancient Greek (génos), “race, kind” or Latin “tribe, clan” (-cide).

5. Hideki Tojo (5 million deaths)

Breakdown: Waged unprovoked wars against China, USA, Netherlands, and France.

Hideki Tojo was a general in the Imperial Japanese Army. He assumed the position of Prime Minister and held Army Minister concurrently. As if that wasn’t enough he also held other major positions like Home Minister, Foreign Minister, Education Minister, and Commerce Minister. His major contributions to education were teaching militaristic and nationalist indoctrination. His version of homeland security was approving eugenics measures which essentially made a distinction between pure blood and mixed blood Japanese families.

During World War II Tojo started winning battles and the public loved him for it. He really bought into the Nazi Kool-aid, and held steadfastly with Germany. When the tide turned, and he began losing, it was devastating. Eventually he went into seclusion. He was tried for war crimes and found guilty of waging wars of aggression, wars in violation of international law, and waging unprovoked war against many countries. Not to mention ordering, authorizing, and permitting inhumane treatment of Prisoners of War.

4. Leopold II of Belgium (2-15 million deaths)

Breakdown: Created a colony called the “Congo Free State”, enslaved its people, and forced them into labor plants.

Leopold II was the King of the Belgians, and believed in colonialism. He thought acquiring colonies overseas was essential to a great country and was always scheming. The problem was Belgium really didn’t care, and so Leopold went into business for himself. He started a company that seemed like it was doing good called the International African Society. A year later he used that company to travel to Congo, laid claim to a plot of land 14 times the size of Belgium, and made 14 countries agree (USA included) that he was free to rule it with his own private militia. He then forced the indigenous populations into forced labor, created a bustling rubber industry, and abused his workers grievously.

Missionary John Harris on returning from Congo said: “I have just returned from a journey inland to the village of Insongo Mboyo. The abject misery and utter abandon is positively indescribable.”

Estimates of the death toll range from two to fifteen million which could all have been avoided if 14 countries didn’t hand him the keys to the car!

3. Adolf Hitler (17 million deaths)

Breakdown: Concentration camps and civilians in WWII.

Adolf Hitler was the leader of the Nazi Party. He was the absolute dictator of Germany from 1934 to 1945. He gained support by promoting values like German nationalism and anti-semitism. Hitler was appointed chancellor in 1933 and began the Third Reich. Hitler was power hungry as all hell, hated the shit out of Jews (and others), and wanted hegemony in Europe. The militarization that was needed to complete such a lofty goal led to the outbreak of World War II. Nazi forces engaged in the systematic murder of as many as 17 million civilians,an estimated six million of whom were Jews, and 1.5 million Romanis.

2. Jozef Stalin (23 million deaths)

Breakdown: The great purges and Ukraine’s famine.

Jozef Stalin was the first Secretary of the Communist Party from 1922 – 1953. After Lenin’s death in 1924, he became the leader of the Soviet Union. Stalin didn’t take long in launching a new economy that screwed up food production across the country so bad it caused massive famine. Between 1922-23 it reached such catastrophic proportions everything went to shit . In Ukraine this dark period is known as Holodomor . Its widely believed that Soviet policies caused the famine there and was designed as an attack on Ukrainian nationalism. Estimates on the total number of casualties within Soviet Ukraine range from 2.6 million to 10 million! During the late 1930s Stalin launched another wonderfully titled initiative called the Great Purge (also known as the “Great Terror”). It was a paranoid campaign to kill off the people who opposed him, and his targets were often executed.

In 1939 Stalin agreed to a non-aggression pact with the Nazis. Eventually Germany violated the pact, the Soviet Union joined the allies, and they racked up 23.9 million deaths (the largest death toll in the war).

1. Mao Zedong (49-78 million deaths)

Breakdown: Policy reforms like the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution.

Mao Zedong was a Chinese revolutionary, political theorist, and communist leader who led the People’s Republic of China. Mao, while controversial, is still widely considered a savior of the nation. I did a semester abroad in China in 2001 after falling in love with its history, and was surprised in my conversations that many people thought Mao had done 70% – 80% good things. During his first five years from 1949 – 53 he is said to have systematically killed between 4 to 6 million people by sentencing them to die or by sending them to “reform through labor” camps. He organized mass repressions, established execution quotas, and defended his actions in these early years as necessary for securing power for “The People’s Republic of China”.

His social programs the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution are two of the most ill-fated, poorly named, initiatives ever. The first was an effort to rapidly industrialize China. His focus was on making China a premier exporter of steel, and to this end he asked everybody to make it. The problem was it got many citizens to make smelting shops in their backyards. Not only was the steel of little value, but it was made from everything lying around the house including their own cooking supplies! Without the tools to make food, no money coming in from the steel, and no money to survive ~ a lot of people starved to death. The estimates on this program alone are 20 million deaths! Think about that number. Really think about it. Then ask yourself… why would you EVER let someone back into power after such an insanely bad decision.Well, they took the reigns away from him for a short time.

In the interim Mao started the socialist education movement. He aimed the concept at young ones who would eventually wrest the power away from the older guard. By 1964 this movement was renamed the “four cleanups movement” whose goal was cleansing politics, economics, ideas, and organization of “reactionaries”. This led to the formation of the “Red Guards” who were organized to punish intellectuals and take out Mao’s political adversaries. The Cultural Revolution was now underway, and its overriding mission was to abolish: Old Customs, Old Culture, Old Habits, and Old Ideas. Something Mao fervently believed in was that destruction and chaos could bring re-birth. So he told his followers to destroy buildings, sacred objects, talk back to ones elders, punish them, turn them in, and kill those who did not agree. By 1968 things were starting to look pretty good for Mao all over again, and so he put into place the decade long “Down to the Countryside Movement” which forced young intellectuals to move out to the country to become farmers. Sadly, the people he pushed out there were the same Red Guards who had helped him get power. Estimates of the death toll are between 40,000 – 7 million depending on who you ask.

Finally, there is the 100 flowers movement which just needs an abbreviated mention here. Mao asked people to come forth and tell him how he should govern China. Intellectuals and liberals bit at the chance to tell him what they really thought, and were encouraged by the Communist party to do so. Then in a sudden change of heart, or an incredibly crafty mission to out his haters, the government persecuted 500,000 of them who were considered to be “dangerous thinkers”.

Mao is essentially like that girlfriend/boyfriend who keeps on taking a shit on you, but is so damn charming you hardly notice. His policies and political purges from 1949 to 1976 caused the deaths of 49 to 78 million people.

The moral of the story is ~

Let’s stop allowing evil political dictators to take office. And if we do have someone bad in office we can find better ways to get them out than murdering them, wars, and aggressive conf

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Dictator Quotes

And I think being a good director is being able to be completely tyrannical and you?ve got to be an absolute dictator while at the same time, you have to listen and see everything because it can all change on a dime. Bob Balaban Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media. Noam Chomsky Arafat rejected the deal because, as a dictator who had directed all his energies toward strengthening the Palestinians hatred toward Israel, Arafat could not afford to make peace. Natan Sharansky Basically, I viewed any work of art as an imposition of another person's taste, and saw the individual making this imposition as a kind of dictator. Henry Flynt But I don't really see myself as a role model. I'm not a dictator, or someone who wants to be adored! Isabella Rossellini CBS news anchor Dan Rather has interviewed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. When asked what it was like to talk to a crazy man, Saddam said, 'It's not so bad.' Conan O'Brien Cuba wants to get rid of a dictator, and baseball needs a dictator. Bob Kerrey Every anarchist is a baffled dictator. Benito Mussolini Every dictator is an enemy of freedom, an opponent of law. Demosthenes Having removed the dictator, the allies have moved to put Iraqis in control of Iraq. Now, as they draft and ratify their Constitution, we will indeed see the character of a new Iraqi nation revealed through the principles it chooses to uphold. Kay Granger

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I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator. Richard Branson I don't have any formula for ousting a dictator or building democracy. All I can suggest is to forget about yourself and just think of your people. It's always the people who make things happen. Corazon Aquino I don't think anybody can take the word of Saddam Hussein and his regime, and certainly an American president and allies who are obligated to worry about the safety and security of our countries, cannot take the word of this dictator, who lies, pathologically lies. Condoleezza Rice I'm not a dictator. It's just that I have a grumpy face. Augusto Pinochet Iraq is a country that has been invaded. It's not a failing state that you want to help. It's a country that was functioning good or bad, with a horrible dictator, but you have invaded. Lakhdar Brahimi It is a paradox that every dictator has climbed to power on the ladder of free speech. Immediately on attaining power each dictator has suppressed all free speech except his own. Herbert Hoover It's the story of an American who wants to become a dictator and goes to Europe with a sidekick to interview various Fascists to find out how the Nazis and Mussolini got into power. Lawrence Ferlinghetti No dictator, no invader, can hold an imprisoned population by force of arms forever. J. Michael Straczynski On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires a pretty awful person. When you read these biographies of famous conductors, they are all awful people who fail in their private relationships. Eberhard Weber Saddam Hussein is a homicidal dictator who is addicted to weapons of mass destruction. George W. Bush

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Revolutionary quotes by infamous revolutionist. And no Julius Malema is not included!

The sadness of the women's movement is that they don't allow the necessity of love. See, I don't personally trust any revolution where love is not allowed. Maya Angelou Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. John F. Kennedy With our technology, with objects, literally three people in a garage can blow away what 200 people at Microsoft can do. Literally can blow it away. Corporate America has a need that is so huge and can save them so much money, or make them so much money, or cost them so much money if they miss it, that they are going to fuel the object revolution. Steve Jobs This revolution, the information revoultion, is a revolution of free energy as well, but of another kind: free intellectual energy. It's very crude today, yet our Macintosh computer takes less power than a 100-watt bulb to run it and it can save you hours a day. What will it be able to do ten or 20 years from now, or 50 years from now? Steve Jobs It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning. Henry Ford A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories. Napoleon Bonaparte A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets. Napoleon Bonaparte Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite! Karl Marx The English have all the material requisites for the revolution. What they lack is the spirit of generalization and revolutionary ardour. Karl Marx Methods of thought which claim to give the lead to our world in the name of revolution have become, in reality, ideologies of consent and not of rebellion. Albert Camus We have two American flags always: one for the rich and one for the poor. When the rich fly it means that things are under control; when the poor fly it means danger, revolution, anarchy. Henry Miller The seed of revolution is repression. Woodrow Wilson The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation. Woodrow Wilson The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall. Che Guevara You cannot make a revolution with silk gloves. Joseph Stalin A revolution is impossible without a revolutionary situation; furthermore, not every revolutionary situation leads to revolution. Vladimir Lenin Revolution, n. In politics, an abrupt change in the form of misgovernment. Ambrose Bierce When one makes a Revolution, one cannot mark time; one must always go forward - or go back. He who now talks about the "freedom of the press" goes backward, and halts our headlong course towards Socialism. Vladimir Lenin It is impossible to predict the time and progress of revolution. It is governed by its own more or less mysterious laws. Vladimir Lenin Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy. Franz Kafka

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