11 Quotes & Sayings By Charles Manson

Charles Manson (/ˈmæʃn/; November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017) was an American criminal and cult leader who led a quasi-commune named "Family" in a series of crimes in California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Manson moved to California in 1955, where he formed a series of bands, married twice (his first marriage failed), fathered seven children (four by his second wife), and eventually began to focus on writing music. He formed what became known as the "Manson Family", which later expanded into two distinct groups: the Manson Family (who engaged in murder and robbery) and the Manson Group (who engaged in sexual activity). The group committed eight murders between 1969 and 1973. Manson was convicted of directing his followers to kill; seven members of his "Family" were also convicted of murder. On November 20, 1971, he was sentenced to death Read more

He is incarcerated at the Corcoran State Prison in California.

Total paranoia is just total awareness.
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Total paranoia is just total awareness. Charles Manson
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It seems a shame to have to sneak to get to the truth. To make the truth such a dirty old nasty thing. You gotta sneak to get to the truth, the truth is condemned. The truth is in the gas chamber. The truth has been in your stockyards. Your slaughterhouses. The truth has been in your reservations, building your railroads, emtying your garbage. The truth is in your ghettos. In your jails. In your young love, not in your courts or congress where the old set judgement on the young. What the hell do the old know about the young? They put a picture of old George on the dollar and tell you that he's your father, worship him. Look at the madness that goes on, you can't prove anything that happened yesterday. Now is the only thing that's real. Everyday, every reality is a new reality. Every new reality is a new horizon, a brand new experience of living. I got a note last night from a friend of mine. He writes in this note that he's afraid of what he might have to do in order to save his reality, as i save mine. You can't prove anything. There's nothing to prove. Every man judges himself. He knows what he is. You know what you are, as i know what i am, we all know what we are. Nobody can stand in judgement, they can play like they're standing in judgement. They can play like they stand in judgement and take you off and control the masses, with your human body. They can lock you up in penitentiaries and cages and put you in crosses like they did in the past, but it doesn't amount to anything. What they're doing is, they're only persecuting a reflection of themselves. They're persecuting what they can't stand to look at in themselves, the truth. Charles Manson
Fear of vikings build castles.
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Fear of vikings build castles. Charles Manson
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The children of the 1960's that you call the 'Manson Family' wanted to stop a war and turn the government and world to peace. They gave their lives when they took lives and they knew it. Charles Manson
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I'm Jesus Christ, whether you want to accept it or not, I don't care. Charles Manson
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From the world of darkness I did loose demons and devils in the power of scorpions to torment. Charles Manson
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I don't wanna take my time going to work, I got a motorcycle and a sleeping bag and ten or fifteen girls. What the hell I wanna go off and go to work for? Work for what? Money? I got all the money in the world. I'm the king, man. I run the underworld, guy. I decide who does what and where they do it at. What am I gonna run around like some teeny bopper somewhere for someone elses money? I make the money man, I roll the nickels. The game is mine. I deal the cards . Charles Manson
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Animals shouldn’t be hunted and nature shouldn’t be disturbed, even destroyed, to benefit the whims of mankind Charles Manson
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You people would convict a grilled cheese sandwich of murder and the people wouldn’t question it. Charles Manson
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I can't judge any of you. I have no malice against you and no ribbons for you. But I think that it is high time that you all start looking at yourselves, and judging the lie that you live in. Charles Manson