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Bob Dylan Quotes about Politics

Steal a little and they throw you in jail Steal a lot and they make you king.

Steal a little and they throw you in jail Steal a lot and they make you king.

"Sweetheart Like You". Song by Bob Dylan, bobdylan.com. 1983.

All that foreign oil controlling American soil.

Song: Slow Train, Album: Slow Train Coming, 1979

The land of milk and honey, they say it is the land of money.

Bob Dylan (2013). “Lyrics:1962-2012”, p.778, Simon and Schuster

I didn't know whether to duck or to run, so I ran.

Song: Brownsville Girl, Album: Knocked Out Loaded, 1986

In the home of the brave, Jefferson turning over in his grave.

Song: Slow Train, Album: Slow Train Coming, 1979

There's danger in this open world where men strive to be free, and to me the greatest danger was in society.

Bob Dylan (2014). “The Lyrics: Since 1962”, p.20, Simon and Schuster

Don't follow leaders, watch your parkin' meters.

Bob Dylan (2014). “The Lyrics: Since 1962”, p.172, Simon and Schuster

If God is on our side, he'll stop the next war.

Song: With God On Your Side, Album: The Times They Are A-Changin', 1964

On the stone that remains carved next to his name, his epitaph plain, only a pawn in their game.

Song: Only A Pawn In Their Game, Album: The Times They Are A-Changin', 1964

The National Bank at profit sells road maps for the soul.

Song: Tombstone Blues, Album: Highway 61 Revisited, 1965

The cavalries charged and the Indians died, oh the country was young with God on its side.

Bob Dylan (2014). “The Lyrics: Since 1962”, p.108, Simon and Schuster

Patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings.

Song: Sweetheart Like You, Album: Infidels, 1983