RELATED STORY: Recalling Mae Brussell
The following are examples of Mae Brussell’s view on life, extracted from various interviews:
♥ The people I admired most were Frank Lloyd Wright, Carl Sandburg, Henry Miller, Bertrand Russell, Emerson, and Thoreau. They cared about people — how they live, and how they relate to each other. They were calm and placid; they served humanity, and they tried to turn people on to the truth. — “About Women,” by Stephanie Caruana, Playgirl Magazine, August 1977
♦ I don’t want to convince anyone who doesn’t believe me. They do their thing and I do mine. — “Defense Industry And Nazis Linked To JFK Assassin,” San Francisco Chronicle, January 7, 1981
♣ Conspiracies are possible when people have been conspired against from birth. If parents, schools, church, and government divested themselves of the games that increase their power, new sources of energy and production would take their place and do a much better job with what has to be accomplished. — Conspiracy Digest, Winter 1978
♥ Henry (Miller) freed me from a lot of the hang-ups that I was brought up with. He opened up the whole field of sex as being as normal as the air you breathe. — “The Ballad of Mae Brussell,” by Paul Krassner, High Times, September 1991
♠ I guess my most far-out idea is that Hitler is alive. — “The World According to Mae,” by Jill Wolfson, San Jose Mercury, March 28, 1982
♣ (High School teachers) will take the kids out to Smuckers — there’s a Smuckers out in Salinas — to see how jelly is made, and see strawberries put into jars, because that is very safe. But if you say, ‘I want to show you how your government was overthrown in 1963,’ that’s very dangerous — to put that thought into their heads — because then it requires work like Benjamin Franklin or Thomas Jefferson did. — Radio Transcript
♠ But while there may be little profit in investigative work, there is no poverty in it. I can go out and lecture on what I have learned about conspiracies. Woodward and Bernstein won a Pulitzer Prize for taking a position against the whole administration. There is money in truth these days, although for years, you couldn’t give it away. I think people are hungry for truth, and bored with lies. “About Women,” by Stephanie Caruana, Playgirl Magazine, August 1977
♦ I don’t want to convince anyone who doesn’t believe me. They do their thing and I do mine. “Defense Industry And Nazis Linked To JFK Assassin,” San Francisco Chronicle, January 7, 1981
♣ It started out as a hobby. Then I bought myself the entire Warren Commission hearings and started reading. That was OK with my friends, until I stopped playing bridge at night. — “The World According to Mae,” by Jill Wolfson, San Jose Mercury, March 28, 1982
♣ Everyone doesn’t know what Mae Brussell is against. If I tell you what I am against, you can deduce or know what I am for. — Conspiracy Digest, Winter 1978
♥ My positive philosophy is very simple. I believe there is in each of us a potential for peace and harmony. A few power-mad perverts dictate orders that must be challenged. They are going against the laws of nature. — Conspiracy Digest, Winter 1978
♥ It is up to women to force society to change, because the men aren’t doing it. — “About Women,” by Stephanie Caruana, Playgirl Magazine, August 1977
♠ I just sat back and asked myself, ‘What is life about? And what do I want out of my life?’ What I want is to know the truth about the world I and my children live in. — “About Women,” by Stephanie Caruana, Playgirl Magazine, August 1977
♥ I’m just one person and I’m doing all I can. — “Defense Industry And Nazis Linked To JFK Assassin,” San Francisco Chronicle, January 7, 1981
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