My father was a writer. You would have like him. He used to say that artists use lies to tell the truth while politicians used them to cover the truth up.

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• Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof.
• People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.
• Remember, remember the Fifth of November, the gunpowder, treason and plot. For I see no reason why the gunpowder treason, should ever be forgot.
• Words will always retain their power. Words are the means to meaning, and for those who listen, the enunciation of truth, and the truth is there is something terribly wrong with this country, isn't there?