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Robert Anton Wilson

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Guerrilla ontologist. Psychedelic magician. Outer head of the Illuminati. Quantum psychologist. Sit-down comic/philosopher. Discordian Pope.

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John Adams

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46:38

…of the jury believes this sort of crap that you've got to uphold the law so you've got to uphold your conscience. John Adams said it was the greatest blasphemy ever invented to imagine that by entering a jury system you have to surrender your individual…

47:19

…whatsoever you have committed treason against the creator of the universe. That was the 18th century theory anyway and so John Adams said it was a supreme blasphemy to say that jurors couldn't follow their conscience. I agree so does Oliver Wendell…

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11:30

…whether having a blowjob in the white House was cause for impeachment. Apparently they thought that George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison and…

14:49

…is in no sense of the words a Christian Nation. That actually appears in the treaty of Tripoli and that was written by John Adams, who was vice president, it was passed by the senate and it was signed by George Washington who was president, with no…

14:45

…States is in no sense of the words a Christian Nation that actually appears in the treaty with Tripoli. That was written by John Adams, who was vice president, it was passed by the senate and it was signed by George Washington who was president, with no…

12:01

…abstract theories much I don't exactly disagree with them they just don't get me interested. So what I feel about ideology like John Adams, our second president, who said ideology had a couple of syllables too many it should be just called idiocy. So you…

25:08

…total obnoxious busybodiness. You don't have to enforce those things when you're on a jury you can follow your own conscience. John Adams thought it was a monstrosity to ask jurors to leave their conscience outside when they entered the courtroom. So jury…

34:57

…increase their own power and convince juries they have no right to have a conscience or a judgment of their own. As John Adams said that amounts to telling juries to leave their brains and hearts outside when they enter the courtroom. So anyway the fija…

59:18

…many influences. James Joyce was a powerful influence. H l Mencken, Timothy Leary, Ezra pound, Benjamin Tucker, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Shakespeare, Dante, Homer, Raymond Chandler Elephant duty comics I think I've been influenced by every moment I've been…

1:06:21

…and in every respect to be feared and abhorred. Kropotkin, Bakunin, Malatesta, Proudhon which vicious anarchist was that? That was John Adams, our second president. John Adams distrusted government so much that he is the major architect of the system of…

1:06:27

…be feared and abhorred. Kropotkin, Bakunin, Malatesta, Proudhon which vicious anarchist was that? That was John Adams, our second president. John Adams distrusted government so much that he is the major architect of the system of checks and balances in our…

1:29:51

…except Sorokin, the sociologist who invented this theory. There are dozens of these cycle theories of great, great grandson of John Adams our second president Brooks Adams was a historian who taught at. He wrote a book called the law of civilization…

44:40

…rights not enumerated in the constitution to the federal government are reserved to the states or the people. I believe John Adams was responsible for that. Wording the states or the people deliberately creates an ambiguity because John Adams felt no matter…

44:48

…people. I believe John Adams was responsible for that. Wording the states or the people deliberately creates an ambiguity because John Adams felt no matter how many limitations and balances of power we put into the constitution, some people would always get…

20:22

…of being smarter than they are they used to. They voted for Jefferson Everybody knew he was an intellectual. They voted for John Adams they voted for a lot of smart people but then we imported cheap labor from America and it suddenly became a Christian…

20:58

…over with shock. The first amendment says there shall be no establishment of religion. The treaty with Tripoli, written by John Adams approved by the whole congress and signed by George Washington as president begins since the United States of America is…

14:18

…is in no sense of the words a Christian Nation. That actually appears in the treaty with Tripoli. That was written by John Adams who was vice president, it was passed by the senate and it was signed by George Washington, who was president, with no…