Protocols of the Elders of Zion" was too much for political purity to take. It didn't matter that I had emphasised, as I do in this book, that this is not a plot by Jewish people; it didn't matter that I renamed them the "Illuminati Protocols" for the specific reason of getting away from their association with Jewish people; it didn't matter that these Protocols, which came to light in the late-1800s, contain details of the very plan of manipulation which has provably unfolded through the twentieth century." - Meaning and context.">
And the truth shall set you free p. 453
• "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion or The Protocols of the Meetings of the Learned Elders of Zion is a fabricated antisemitic text purporting to describe a Jewish plan for global domination. The hoax was plagiarized from several earlier sources ... It played a key part in popularizing belief in an international Jewish conspiracy." (Wikipedia).
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My use of extracts from the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" was too much for political purity to take. It didn't matter that I had emphasised, as I do in this book, that this is not a plot by Jewish people; it didn't matter that I renamed them the "Illuminati Protocols" for the specific reason of getting away from their association with Jewish people; it didn't matter that these Protocols, which came to light in the late-1800s, contain details of the very plan of manipulation which has provably unfolded through the twentieth century.

— David Icke

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "My use of extracts from the "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" was too much for political purity to take. It didn't matter that I had emphasised, as I do in this book, that this is not a plot by Jewish people; it didn't matter that I renamed them the "Illuminati Protocols" for the specific reason of getting away from their association with Jewish people; it didn't matter that these Protocols, which came to light in the late-1800s, contain details of the very plan of manipulation which has provably unfolded through the twentieth century." in the context of "And the truth shall set you free p. 453
• "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion or The Protocols of the Meetings of the Learned Elders of Zion is a fabricated antisemitic text purporting to describe a Jewish plan for global domination. The hoax was plagiarized from several earlier sources ... It played a key part in popularizing belief in an international Jewish conspiracy." (Wikipedia)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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David Icke

About David Icke

David Icke (born 29 April 1952) is an English conspiracy theorist and writer. After a short career as a goalkeeper in the English football league (retiring due to rheumatism), he became a football commentator on television for the BBC. He was briefly the presenter of the Corporation's Grandstand programme, had longer stints as a presenter of snooker and indoor bowls on the BBC. For a few years, he was an activist in the Green Party of England and Wales. Icke was sacked from the BBC in 1990 for failing to pay the poll tax and resigned from the Green Party in 1991.