I am only doing now what I have ever done; and ever will continue to do — that is adapting past experience to present reform in the light of high ideals and future objects. —John Burns, British activist
I am only doing now what I have ever done; and ever will continue to do — that is adapting past experience to present reform in the light of high ideals and future objects. —John Burns, British activist
As skills and energy became more of a demand, people who didn’t have skills just got left behind, got shuttled to the side. Education didn’t keep up with their promise. Education didn’t prepare them for this new world. Jobs went overseas. —Julian Bond, American civil rights activist and chairman of the NAACP
As skills and energy became more of a demand, people who didn’t have skills just got left behind, got shuttled to the side. Education didn’t keep up with their promise. Education didn’t prepare them for this new world. Jobs went overseas. —Julian Bond, American civil rights activist and chairman of the NAACP
I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand. —Susan B. Anthony, American suffragist
I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand. —Susan B. Anthony, American suffragist
A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first black family to the exit of the last white family. —Saul Alinsky, American community organizer
A racially integrated community is a chronological term timed from the entrance of the first black family to the exit of the last white family. —Saul Alinsky, American community organizer
Even when pressed by the demands of inner truth, men do not easily assume the task of opposing their government’s policy, especially in time of war. Nor does the human spirit move without great difficulty against all the apathy of conformist thought within one’s own bosom and in the surrounding world. —Martin Luther King Jr., … Continue reading Martin Luther King Jr., American minister and activist→
Even when pressed by the demands of inner truth, men do not easily assume the task of opposing their government’s policy, especially in time of war. Nor does the human spirit move without great difficulty against all the apathy of conformist thought within one’s own bosom and in the surrounding world. —Martin Luther King Jr., American minister and activist
I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does. —Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer
I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does. —Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine writer
As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands, and the Republic is destroyed. I feel at this moment more anxiety for … Continue reading Abraham Lincoln, U.S. president→
As a result of the war, corporations have been enthroned and an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign until all wealth is aggregated in a few hands, and the Republic is destroyed. I feel at this moment more anxiety for the safety of my country than ever before, even in the midst of the war. —Abraham Lincoln, U.S. president
