top of page
.png){kind=small}
Quotes by Activist
"I know that Bush, for political reasons, is going to nominate a minority, a Hispanic man or someone where it will be harder for people on the progressive side to oppose and split some of the traditionally progressive or democratic constituents."
37
"The real fight is about what should be in the marketplace and what should not. Should education be a marketable commodity? Should healthcare?"
37
"When the doors of opportunity swing open, we must make sure that we are not too drunk or too indifferent to walk through."
37
"I will admit, like Socrates and Aristotle and Plato and some other philosophers, that there are instances where the death penalty would seem appropriate."
37
"Pakistanis can't trust. They've seen in history that people, particularly politicians, are corrupt. And they're misguided by people in the name of Islam. They're told: 'Malala is not a Muslim, she's not in purdah, she's working for America.'"
37
"Laissez Faire was very good sauce for the goose, labor, but was very poor sauce for the gander, capital."
37
"One very clear impression I had of all the Beautiful People was their prudence. It may be that they paid for their own airline tickets, but they paid for little else."
37
"Fathers like to have children good-natured, well-behaved, and comfortable, but how to put them in that desirable condition is out of their philosophy."
37
"If you want to know who is being hurt in this society, go see what is being done and to whom in pornography and then go look for them other places in the world."
37
"Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different."
37
"It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail."
37
"Moreover, statistics can be deceiving: the growth of jobs in the US in the 90s was due to many part-time jobs, with no benefits and generally low pay."
37
"Survival is a privilege which entails obligations. I am forever asking myself what I can do for those who have not survived."
37
"It is easier to have faith that God will support each House of Hospitality and Farming Commune and supply our needs in the way of food and money to pay bills, than it is to keep a strong, hearty, living faith in each individual around us - to see Christ in him."
37
"But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men."
37
"The motivation for war is simple. The U.S. government started the war with Iraq in order to make it easy for U.S. corporations to do business in other countries. They intend to use cheap labor in those countries, which will make Americans rich."
37
"What are friends? Some people are nice. Some people aren't. There are some I'm fairly close with... we talk."
37
"More than 10,000 ballots in Miami-Dade County have been rejected by some machine without any opportunity for a human being to take a look. That is just not right."
37
"If you really want to make a friend, go to someone's house and eat with him... the people who give you their food give you their heart."
37
"Five to six thousand people die every year waiting for organs, but nobody cares."
37
"As legal slavery passed, we entered into a permanent period of unemployment and underemployment from which we have yet to emerge."
37
"The first duty of a revolutionary is to get away with it."
37
"There is no denying that Hitler and Stalin are alive today... they are waiting for us to forget, because this is what makes possible the resurrection of these two monsters."
37
"The old Inquisition had its rack and its thumbscrews and its instruments of torture with iron teeth."
Old,
37
"Growing hemp as nature designed it is vital to our urgent need to reduce greenhouse gases and ensure the survival of our planet."
37
"And capital punishment, however ineffective it may be and through whatever ignorance it may be resorted to, is a strictly defensive act, - at least in theory."
37
"If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament."
37
"The masses are in reality their own leaders, dialectically creating their own development process."
37
bottom of page