Boyd Rice Quotes

#1. Well, I have an interest in power. I have an interest in people who find themselves in the position to exercise absolute power.

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#2. I never understood alienation. Alienation from what? You have to want to be part of something in order to feel alienated from it.

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#3. I have never made any secret of any of my thoughts or areas of interest. I've always been honest, open, and upfront.

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#4. There are a lot of people out there who think that I am their worst enemy, and I don't even care if these people exist.

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#5. Peace /n/: A rare state which has only existed when a despot has been fearsome or strong enough to impose it. The image of your head on the end of a stick is a strong incentive toward 'visualizing world peace'.

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#6. Have you ever seen a demonstrable example of equality in your entire life? Can it be glimpsed in any dog show or classroom? In any ping pong game or chess match? Of course not. It is a philosophical abstraction, something nowhere to be found in nature.

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#7. I've been giving interviews for the last 25 or 30 years, more often than not answering the same questions over and over again, ad nauseum.

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#8. The will to label will always prevail over what's being labeled, usually at the expense of either truth or understanding.

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#9. People who consider themselves political, who follow political developments most rigorously, are often those who view the political process with the greatest lack of perspective.

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#10. I've always done everything at my disposal to avoid labeling what I do, or to avoid being labeled myself.

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#11. Well, I use the word Satanist, but I don't know if I ever really considered myself as somebody who's into Satan.

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#12. I think this society suffers so much from too much freedom, too many rights that allow people to be irresponsible.

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#13. No, seriously, I really don't have much ill-will toward anyone these days; I just ignore the people that I dislike.

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#14.
To be beyond any existing classification has always pleased me.

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#15. What I question is the extent to which any of us truly knows what the facts really are. I mistrust every ideal cherished in western democratic civilization. The words that make others smile and nod in agreement cause me to recoil.

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#16. Similarly, only people as misanthropic as myself can be counted on not to have to lie to others, since we have the unique luxury of not caring what sort of opinions others formulate about us.

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#17. I think when I was two years old in the sandbox. I think I formulated my basic philosophy there, and I haven't really had to alter it very much ever since.

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#18. My impression, is that prayer is one of the most basic forms of magic. That it's harnessing the powers of your mind.

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