Zack de la Rocha Professions : Musician Born : January 12, 1970 Browse All Authors Top 25 quotes by Zack de la Rocha Yes I know my enemies. They're the teachers who taught me to fight me, compromise, conformity, assimilation, submission, ignorance, hypocrisy, brutality, the elite, all of which are American dreams. Zack de la Rocha ignorance dream teacher One of the great things about young people is that they do question, that they do care deeply about justice, and they they have open minds. Zack de la Rocha mind justice people It has to start somewhere, it has to start sometime, what better place than here? What better time than now? Zack de la Rocha rage-against-the-machine better-place If ignorance is bliss, then knock the smile off my face... Zack de la Rocha humorous ignorance profound Brothers and sisters, our democracy has been hijacked. Brothers and sisters, all electoral freedoms in this country are over so long as it's controlled by corporations. Brothers and sisters, we are not going to allow these streets to be taken over by the Democrats or the Republicans. Because it's all of us who have built this city, and we can tear it down unless they give us what we need. Zack de la Rocha taken brother country When ignorance reigns, life is lost... Zack de la Rocha reign ignorance life-is A friend of ours said if the same laws were applied to U.S. Presidents as were applied to the Nazis after WWII, that every single one of them, every last rich white one of them, from Truman on would be hung to death and shot. And this current administration is no exception. They should be hung and tried and shot as war criminals. Zack de la Rocha law white war 'Cause I'll rip the mic, rip the stage, rip the system Zack de la Rocha rip hip-hop causes Who controls the past now controls the future. Zack de la Rocha rage-against-the-machine past Fools follow rules when the set commands ya... Zack de la Rocha command fool Your anger is a gift. Zack de la Rocha The classroom's the last room to get the truth. Zack de la Rocha classroom lasts rooms It is important for me, as a popular artist, to make clear to the governments of the United States and Mexico that despite the strategy of fear and intimidation to foreigners, despite their weapons, despite their immigration laws and military reserves, they will never be able to isolate the Zapatista communities from the people in the United States. Zack de la Rocha government artist military I think animals should be free. There's so much other food out there that doesn't have to involve you in that cycle of pain and death. Zack de la Rocha pain animal thinking Some of those that work forces, are the same that burn crosses... Zack de la Rocha rage-against-the-machine force crosses Inside me, I think that an animal goes through a lot of pain in the whole cycle of death in the slaughterhouse; just living to be killed. That whole situation is really messed up for animals, growing up in those little cooped-up pens. I just don't think its worth eating that animal. I think animals should be free. There's so much other food out there that doesn't have to involve you in that cycle of pain and death. Zack de la Rocha growing-up pain animal Is all the world jails and churches? Zack de la Rocha jail church world So now I'm rollin' down Rodeo wit a shotgun, These people ain't seen a brown skin man, Since their grandparents bought one Zack de la Rocha grandparent men people One God, one market, one truth, one consumer. Zack de la Rocha consumers Without just cause of reason, without legal or moral justification, and without a thread of proof that Iraq directly threatens the security of the United States, the Bush administration has headed to war. Zack de la Rocha united-states iraq war Similar Authors Adam Jones musician Izzy Stradlin musician Bon Scott musician Brad Delp musician Brad Delson musician Brian Eno musician All Authors
