In the sixties, for anybody to suggest that the go... -Alan Moore

In the sixties, for anybody to suggest that the government didn't have our best interests at heart and policemen sometimes killed people would have automatically made them a radical firebrand lefty. That's not the case anymore.

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Alan Moore is an English writer known for his influential and critically acclaimed works in the comic book industry. He has written iconic graphic novels such as "Watchmen," "V for Vendetta," and "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen." Moore's complex storytelling and thought-provoking themes have redefined the comic book medium.

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I'm not a particularly dark individual. I have my moments, it's true, but I do have a sense of humor....
Romantic poetry had its heyday when people like Lord Byron were kicking it large. But you try and make a living as a poet today, and you'll find it's ...
Don't leave home without your sword - your intellect....
Technology is always a two-edged sword. It will bring in many benefits, but also many disasters....
Life is a lot more interesting if you are interested in the people and the places around you. So, illuminate your little patch of ground, the people t...
I like Jacques Derrida; I think he's funny. I like my philosophy with a few jokes and puns. I know that that offends other philosophers; they think he...
I've developed a theory that there's an inverse relationship between money and imagination. That if you've got lots of imagination then you don't real...
Magic is a state of mind. It is often portrayed as very black and gothic, and that is because certain practitioners played that up for a sense of powe...
Art makes us feel less alone. It makes us think: somebody else has thought this, somebody else has had these feelings....
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The United States Government has placed me on no-fly lists....
There are no adequate substitutes for father, mother, and children bound together in a loving commitment to nurture and protect. No government, no mat...
A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever may be its theory, must, in practice, be a bad g...
We have a complex system of government. You have to teach it to every generation....
The main purpose of Social Security is to redistribute wealth, to make an increasingly large number of Americans dependent on government for their bas...
The strongest continuous thread in America's political tradition is skepticism about government....
You have to ask yourself seriously: does this government really want to do things or is it more interested in class struggle?...
We've listened to our businesses, and we know they want more tools online so they can do business faster - with less interaction with government....
I remember the day after the general election when Harold Wilson had lost, I remember quite clearly cycling from my house in Hutton along Long Ridings...
The people are forbidden to give aid and comfort to rebels. What of a government that has the power to cut off from aid and comfort all the rebels of ...