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Quotes by Activist

"Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world's religious masterpieces to our most irreverent satirists."

"There's something on the Internet called the White Resistance Manual. It's pretty much for white supremacists."


"In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face."
Time,

"Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom."


"The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth and reduce his basic human dignity."

"We have seen that no religion stands on the basis of things known; none bounds its horizon within the field of human observation; and, therefore, as it can never present us with indisputable facts, so must it ever be at once a source of error and contention."

"Some of our greatest historical and artistic treasures we place in museums; others, we take for walks."

"The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience."


"Do not suppress it - that would hurt you inside. Do not express it - this would not only hurt you inside, it would cause ripples in your surroundings. What you do is transform it."

"Our religious belief usurps the place of our sensations, our imaginations of our judgment. We no longer look to actions, trace their consequences, and then deduce the rule; we first make the rule, and then, right or wrong, force the action to square with it."

"I believe that movements to suppress wrongs can be carried out under the protection of our flag."


"I would be a traitor to these poor burned bodies if I came here to talk good fellowship."

"First, then, State Socialism, which may be described as the doctrine that all the affairs of men should be managed by the government, regardless of individual choice."


"Whether in chains or in laurels, liberty knows nothing but victories."

"Our ignorance can be divided into problems and mysteries. When we face a problem, we may not know its solution, but we have insight, increasing knowledge, and an inkling of what we are looking for. When we face a mystery, however, we can only stare in wonder and bewilderment, not knowing what an explanation would even look like."


"What is fanaticism today is the fashionable creed tomorrow, and trite as the multiplication table a week after."

"The South resented giving the Afro-American his freedom, the ballot box and the Civil Rights Law."


"There is no reason against woman's elevation, but prejudices."


"They have accorded me my constitutional rights, and that is to their credit because the media hate campaign against me has been so intense and so vicious that it's a miracle that the police have taken such a professional approach."


"They won't break me because the desire for freedom, and the freedom of the Irish people, is in my heart. The day will dawn when all the people of Ireland will have the desire for freedom to show. It is then that we will see the rising of the moon."


"You are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can't care anyway."
Care,

"The policemen or soldiers are only a gun in the establishments hand. They make the racist secure in his racism."

"Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due."


"The history of man is the history of crimes, and history can repeat. So information is a defence. Through this we can build, we must build, a defence against repetition."

"Structure is more important than content in the transmission of information."

"Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display."

"I want to make this world perfect."


"Let there be no inscription upon my tomb; let no man write my epitaph: no man can write my epitaph."
Man,

"Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way."

"What is a good enough principle for an American citizen ought to be good enough for the working man to follow."
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