“No man escapes
When freedom fails,
The best men rot in filthy jails;
And they who cried: “Appease, Appease!”
Are hanged by men they tried to please.”

Some things just cannot be compromised.

I heard Jordan Maxwell use this quote. Wow, says so much and is so deep in so few words. One of my favorite quotes!

Actual quote is word "escapes" not "survives."

This poem has been in my mind since high-school (1950). I think of it often as I am watching the reality of it happening today (2012). In 1953 I offered my life to protect my country and I would do it again. What is currently happening is the slow demise of the country I love and I am helpless to do anything to save it. Our freedom is in the hands of men who are extremely selfish and greedy. WE need to make some changes; and I'm not so sure the men running for office are any different than those that are ruining our country now. God help us! Gene Scalf.

Very wise man.

I thank God every day for President Trump, Vice President Pence, their families, and all who sacrifice so much for our freedoms. May God protect and preserve them.

A timely quote today when freedom and our free press are under attack by Mssrs. Trump and Pence. They have never had to sacrifice much, and have contempt for those who have. Our wonderful democracy is swiftly becoming an oligarchy. Sadly, these forces of darkness have far too many appeasers.

i think that any body who thinks we were suppose to be a democracy or believes we are, needs to stay home and play with themselves and not vote.

It's incorrect. The original text is "No man escapes..." Here.

Thanks, Jay.  We've made the correction.  Cheers.

And here we sit, some 15 years after the original post.

Times are rough, and look like they're going to get worse.

mmmm 2024 and the wheels still in spin   uk

Who? Specifically, who tried to please someone and got hanged.  There maybe some biased vague point in all this, but It must be understood you are dealing with the mentality ill and they're just not all present. The mental health provider is constantly trying to give the ill the cognitive repairs they require to keep circumstances balanced, and as always,

Sillik, from your god complex status (uniquely being the sole practitioner and divine creator of socialism) what have you created?

By way of illustration but, not by way of limitation. I am personally acquainted with an individual that beat the case against him brought by the IRS  —  BUT,  went to jail for contempt. I know an individual that was bussed from prison to prison (he was never in one place long enough we could get him out — on habius corpus or otherwise). I knew an activist couple who's home was completely cleared out (unknown to everyone, even their children) and then were reported dead of cancer a few months later in prison. They were cancer free and otherwise healthy before being imprisoned without charges.

Absolutely true.  Stark, ugly reality in beautiful poetry.  

J6 prisoners come to mind.  Can you imagine if Trump had not won?  They would still be in there and under horrendous conditions.  Classic communist/fascist/socialist tactics — imprison the dissenters. 

I sure would like to see some politicos put behind bars for their deceitful actions over the last 10 years.  Biden issued pre-emptive pardons on some of the worst offenders — is that even lawful?  If you don't hang a few treasonous politicians from time to time, they will never stop.

This is a mentally ill individual's conclusion, the healthy mentality conclude there's always a rational explanation and sensible solution to all obstacles. We must stay positive of and in the human endeavor.