What's your favorite Anarchist quote?

Discussion in 'Anarchy' started by green_revolution, Feb 2, 2006.

  1. autophobe2e

    autophobe2e Senior Member

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    one of very few bands i'd quote in this thread:


    External control are you gonna let them get you?
    Do you wanna be a prisoner in the boundaries they set you?
    You say you want to ba yourself, by christ do you think they'll let you?
    They're out to get you get you get you get you get you get you get you

    Hello, hello, hello, this is the Lord God, can you hear?
    Hellfire and damnation's what I've got for you down there
    On earth I have ambassadors, archbishop, vicar, pope
    We'll blind you with morality, you'd best abandon any hope,
    We're telling you you'd better pray cos you were born in sin
    Right from the start we'll build a cell and then we'll lock you in
    We sit in holy judgement condemning those that stray
    We offer our forgiveness, but first we'll make you pay

    External control are you gonna let them get you?
    Do you wanna be a prisoner in the boundaries they set you?
    You say you want to be yourself, by christ do you think they'll let you?
    They're out to get you get you get you get you get you get you get you

    Hello, hello, hello, now here's a massage from your queen
    As figurehead of the status quo I set the social scene
    I'm most concerned about my people, I want to give them peace
    So I'm making sure they stay in line with my army and police
    My prisons and my mental homes have ever open doors
    For those amongst my subjects who dare to ask for more
    Unruliness and disrespect are things I can't allow
    So I'll see the peasants grovel if they refuse to bow

    External control are you gonna let them get you?
    Do you wanna be a prisoner in the boundaries they set you?
    You say you want to be yourself, by christ do you think they'll let you?
    They're out to get you get you get you get you get you get you get you

    Introducing the Prime Sinister, she's a mother to us all
    Like the dutch boy's finger in the dyke her arse is in the wall
    Holding back the future waiting for the seas to part
    If Moses did it with is faith, she'll do it with an army
    Who at times of threatened crisis are certain to be there
    Guarding national heritage no matter what or where
    Palaces for kings and queens, mansions for the rich
    Protection for the wealthy, defence of privilege
    They've learnt the ropes In Ireland, engaged in civil war
    Fighting for the ruling classes in their battle against the poor
    So Ireland's just an island? It's an island of the mind
    Great Britain? Future? Bollocks, you'd better look behind
    Round every other corner stands P.C. 1984
    Guardian of the future, he'll implement the law
    He's there as a grim reminder that no matter what you do
    Big brothers system's always there with his beady eyes on you
    From God to local bobby, in home and street and school
    They've got your name and number while you've just got their rule
    We've got to look for methods to undermine those powers
    It's time to change the tables. The future must be ours

    Big A, little A, bouncing B
    The system might have got you but it won't get me

    Be exactly who you want to be, do what you want to do
    I am he and she is she but you're the only you
    No one else has got your eyes, can see the things you see
    It's up to you to change your life and my life's up to me
    The problems that you suffer from are problems that you make
    The shit we have to climb through is the shit we choose to take
    If you don't like the life you live, change it now it's yours
    Nothing has effects if you don't recognise the cause
    If the programme's not the one you want, get up, turn off the set
    It's only you that can decide what life you're gonna get
    If you don't like religion you can be the antichrist
    If your tired of politics you can be an anarchist
    But no one ever changed the church by pulling down a steeple
    And you'll never change the system by bombing number ten
    Systems just aren't made of bricks they're mostly made of people
    You may send them into hiding, but they'll be back again
    If you don't like the rules they make, refuse to play their game
    If you don't want to be a number, don't give them your name
    If you don't want to be caught out, refuse to hear their question
    Silence is a virtue, use it for your own protection
    They'll try to make you play their game, refuse to show your face
    If you don't want to be beaten down, refuse to join their race
    Be exactly who you want to be, do what you want to do
    I am he and she is she but you're they only you

    although this song expresses pacifist/seperatist sentiment, which can be problematic, crass put true anarchy back into punk, and remain probably the most anarchic band i've ever heard.
     
  2. FlowerMama

    FlowerMama Member

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    No that's my face.... :p


    ;)



    (and yes.)
     
  3. ThisIsWhyYoureWrong

    ThisIsWhyYoureWrong Member

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    I see... sorry, wasn't trying to be rude, was just curious.
     
  4. FlowerMama

    FlowerMama Member

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    Lol! Sorry dude, I totally didn't mean to come off as snarky, just trying to have some fun. :D You weren't rude at all, I get asked those types of questions alllllll the time.
    And believe me, I know rude when I see's it. ;)
     
  5. CruzPRDB

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    Think before you speak is criticism's motto; speak before you think is creation's. (E M Forster)
    Freedom is something that dies unless it's used. (Hunter S Thompson)

    TC
     
  6. junglejack

    junglejack aiko aiko

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    George might not have been an anarchist --but a nice quote >
    You can't fight City Hall, but you can goddamn sure blow it up. - George Carlin
     
  7. Moonglow181

    Moonglow181 Lifetime Supporter Lifetime Supporter

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    George Carlin said it all. Loved him....:)
     
  8. Red Fox VII

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    "Anarchy sucks cause people are scumbags" - me
     
  9. Red Fox VII

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    I'd like some feedback here. This quote is mine, people, and after all this is a great opportunity for you to speak with the original sayer of the quote.
     

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