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"Some of us fought back with guns and assassinations. Others fought back with a little hot dog stand on the corner."
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"If truth be told, the easy road is nothing more than an armchair in clever disguise. And if you look around, it seems that there are a whole lot of people in the furniture business."

"Another said , "I don't ask six months, I don't ask two. In less than two weeks we'll meet the government face to face. With twenty-five thousand men we can make our stand."

"The fulcrum of resistance is in your mind where you pit yourself against the weight of the external."

"One of the best ways you can fight discrimination is by taking good care of yourself. Your survival is not just important, it's an act of revolution."

"We can always be sure of one thing-that the messengers of discomfort and sacrifice will be stoned and pelted by those who wish to preserve at all costs their own contentment. This is not a lesson that is confined to the Testaments."

"Sabotage did not involve loss of life, and it offered the best hope for future race relations. Bitterness would be kept to a minimum and, if the policy bore fruit, democratic government could become a reality."

"To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable."

"Do not give in to the provocation of the devil."

"The names of entities that have the power to constrain us change with time. Convention and authority are replaced by infirmity. But my attitude toward them has not changed. Has not changed."

"If conquest constitutes a natural right on the part of the few, the many have only to gather sufficient strength in order to acquire the natural right of reconquering what has been taken from them."
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"I don't want to make people mad. I just... well, how can people get better if you don't tell them what you honestly think?"

"Lightsong met the man's eyes, then smiled broadly, looking down at the God King. "My life to yours," Lifesong said. "My breath become yours."

"Men like you preach change, but I wonder. Is this a battle we can really fight?"You're fighting it already, Goodman Mennis. You're just losing horribly."

"Shallan's mental image of Jasnah Kholin was of someone almost divine. It was, upon reflection, an odd way to regard a determined atheist."

"How quickly we come around,' Sazed whispered. 'It wasn't long ago that men were forced to watch the Lord Ruler cut the heads from innocent people. Now we do it to ourselves."

"The strong lines of the woman's face bespoke hard-won wisdom and courage, and somehow that made watching her more difficult. If such a woman could be defeated by Elantris, what hope was there for Raoden?"

"Sometimes the prize is not worth the costs. The means by which we achieve victory are as important as the victory itself."

"People can do great things. However, there are some things they just CAN'T do. I, for instance, have not been able to transform myself into a Popsicle, despite years of effort."
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