John W. Whitehead
Constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead is founder and president of The Rutherford Institute. His new book The Freedom Wars (TRI Press) is available online at amazon.com. The Rutherford Institute is available at rutherford.org
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All of which begs the question what we will give up in order to perpetuate the illusions of safety and security?
Brace Yourselves: A Tsunami Approaches
October 18, 2024
Life is good in America as long as you don’t mind being made to pay through the nose for the government’s endless wars, subsidization of foreign nations, bloated workforce, secret agencies, fusion centers, private prisons, biometric databases...
When the American people get duped, deceived, double-crossed, cheated, lied to, swindled and conned into believing that the government and its army of bureaucrats actually have our best interests at heart
When the government sees all, knows all and has an abundance of laws to render even the most seemingly upstanding citizen a criminal and lawbreaker, then the adage: you’ve got nothing to worry about if you’ve got nothing to hide no longer applies
Ultimately, the government’s war on free speech—and that’s exactly what it is—is a war that is driven by a government fearful of its people
Given the dramatic expansion, globalization and merger of governmental and corporate powers, we’re not going to recognize this country 20 years from now.
Surveillance State never sleeps
Be warned: The American police state has become a powder keg waiting for a lit match
Communications kill switches have become tyrannical tools of domination and oppression
Continue to allow callousness, cruelty, meanness, immorality, ignorance, hatred, intolerance, racism, injustice—magnified by nasty tweets and government-sanctioned brutality--to trump justice, fairness and equality, there can be no hope
That baby born in a police state grew up to be a man who did not turn away from the evils of his age but rather spoke out against it
Bah Humbug: The Police State Wants Us To Be a Nation of Snowflakes
December 6, 2023
Opt for kindness over curtness, and civility over censorship. Choose peace over politics, and freedom over fascism. Find common ground with those whose politics or opinions or lifestyles may not jive with your own.
What we need is a digital “No Trespassing” sign that protects our privacy rights and affirms our right to be left alone.
Know your rights. Exercise your rights. Defend your rights. If not, you will lose them. Freedom’s greatest hour of danger is now.
The U.S. Government Buys and Sells Its Citizens for Profit and Power
November 17, 2023
We the Exploited: What we desperately lack and urgently need is an Electronic Bill of Rights that protects “we the people” from predatory surveillance and data-mining business practices
It takes a citizenry willing to do more than grouse and complain. We must act—and act responsibly—keeping in mind that the duties of citizenship extend beyond the act of voting
It’s your money that allows for government agents to spy on your emails, your phone calls, your text messages, and your movements. It’s your money that allows out-of-control police officers to burst into innocent people’s homes
Weaponized surveillance is re-engineering a society structured around the aesthetic of fear.
It’s only a matter of time before the police state’s pursuit of criminals from the past expands into genetic profiling and a preemptive hunt for criminals of the future.
When government officials cease to act like public servants, when elected officials no longer represent the will of the people, when the government routinely violates the rights of the people and perpetuates more violence against the citizenry
If we want to raise up a generation of freedom fighters who will actually operate with justice, fairness, accountability and equality towards each other and their government, we must start by running the schools like freedom forums
If the government can control speech, it can control thought and, in turn, it can control the minds of the citizenry
Until we can face up to that truth and forge our own path back to a world in which freedom means something again, we’re going to be stuck in this wormhole of populist anger, petty politics and destruction that is pitting us one against the other
All of this adds up to a society in which there's little room for indiscretions, imperfections, or acts of independence
A Week in the Life of the American Police State
June 20, 2016
he real battle for control of this nation is taking place on roadsides, in police cars, on witness stands, over phone lines, in government offices, in corporate offices, in public school hallways and classrooms, in parks and city council meetings
Psychopaths and politicians both have a tendency to be selfish, callous, remorseless users of others, irresponsible, pathological liars, glib, con artists, lacking in remorse and shallow.
Fascism, American Style
March 21, 2016
We could still overcome our oppressors if we cared enough to join forces and launch a militant nonviolent revolution
America’s Gestapo: The FBI’s Reign of Terror
March 14, 2016
It's the secret police -- tasked with silencing dissidents, ensuring compliance, and maintaining a climate of fear -- who sound the death knell for freedom in every age.
Just Shut Up and Vote
March 7, 2016
The Futility of Representative Government in an Age of Robber Barons
The Age of Authoritarianism
February 22, 2016
Government of the Politicians, by the Military, for the Corporations