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468 Vatican AssassinsPAUSE IVThe Jesuits – 1914 – 2000Jesuit Power – Universal Absolutism“In our country, there was a time when the proudest appellation a mancould bear was that of Am<strong>eric</strong>an Citizen. ‘I am an Am<strong>eric</strong>an citizen,’implied liberty and safety — protection and justice. Then, the nationalshield was, indeed, a shield with arms – a shield which defended thecitizen against every act of tyranny and usurpation – a shield whichguarded him on land and sea, at home and abroad. Then, personalliberty was a citizen’s birthright. Then, free speech was unshackled.Then, Mr. Webster could exclaim: ‘It’ (free speech) ‘is a homebred right— a fireside privilege. It has ever been enjoyed in every house, cottage,and cabin in the nation. It is not to be drowned in controversy. It is asundoubted as the right of breathing the air and walking on the earth. It isa right which cannot be invaded without destroying constitutionalliberty. Hence, this right should be guarded and protected <strong>by</strong> thefreemen of this country with a jealous care, unless they are prepared forchains and anarchy.’ ” {1} [Emphasis added]John A. Marshall, 1870Am<strong>eric</strong>an HistorianAm<strong>eric</strong>an Bastile [Bastille]“ . . . take the Jesuit for what he ought or appears to be, and you committhe greatest of blunders. Draw the character after what the Jesuit seemsto be in London, you will not recognize your portrait in the Jesuit ofRome. The Jesuit is the man of circumstances. Despotic in Spain,constitutional in England, republican in Paraguay, bigot in Rome,idolater in India, he shall assume and act out in his own person, withadmirable flexibility, all those different features <strong>by</strong> which men areusually to be distinguished from each other. He will accompany the gaywomen of the world to the theatre, and will share in the excesses of thedebauchee. With solemn countenance, he will take his place <strong>by</strong> the sideof the religious man at church, and he will revel in the tavern with theglutton and the sot. He dresses in all the garbs, speaks all languages,knows all customs, is present everywhere though nowhere recognized –

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