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Quotes by Activist

"For 500 years, since European explorers came, Latin American countries had been separated from one another. They had very limited relations. Integration is a prerequisite for independence."

"We Americans entered a new phase in our history - the era of integration - in 1954."

"Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others."

"Women have very little idea of how much men hate them."

"Is a woman raped every three minutes or every six minutes? It is far too much, whatever it is."

"The question is not only what is grown but what it's used for. There's not going to be a mass transformation of dietary habits in rich countries-on the contrary, the first thing people do when they become more prosperous is to buy more meat."


"Sure, I could of done it different... put my clown in a closet and dressed up in straight clothing. I could of compromised my essence, and swallowed my soul."
Soul,

"The majority of Americans, the ones who never elected George W. Bush, are not fooled by his weapons of mass distraction."

"Inside, each of us has a purple motorcycle."

"Some of us may just, in one-on-one conversations with our family, with our friends, over the back fence with our neighbors, talk about the reality of our lives and realize that we're not alone, that we have a right to be physically safe and emotionally safe in our own homes."

"What I worry about is climate change, because that would have untold effects that we can't even measure yet."

"What you need if you want jobs are small and medium sized enterprises, local initiatives, labour intensive work, community development, service providers and the like."


"Everyone, Republican or otherwise, has their own particular part to play. No part is too great or too small; no one is too old or too young to do something."

"It is very important to know who you are. To make decisions. To show who you are."


"Capitalism is a stupid system, a backward system."


"I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question."

"Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts."

"In the true sense one's native land, with its background of tradition, early impressions, reminiscences and other things dear to one, is not enough to make sensitive human beings feel at home."

"I never thought I would live long enough to see the legal profession change to the extent it has."

"Heaven must be an awfully dull place if the poor in spirit live there."

"Only around 2% of the earth's surface is cultivatable land."


"I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it."

"We cannot build up the idea of the apostolate of the laity without the foundation of the liturgy."

"I was recently looking at what they can actually do to reduce consumption of petrol. It would be quite possible to build automobiles out of carbon fibre that would be just as strong, weigh 10 times less and consume 10 times less petrol."


"Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have."

"I'd rather be dead and in heaven than afraid to do what I think is right."


"Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude."
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