George Burns Quote – Run The Country
“It’s too bad the people who really know how to run the country are so busy cutting hair and driving taxis.” – George Burns
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Carl T. Rowan Quote – Fools and Scoundrels
“A minority group has ‘arrived’ only when it has the right to produce some fools and scoundrels without the entire group paying for it.” – Carl T. Rowan
Read moreBill McKibben Quote – We Didn’t Do Much
“We, all of us in the First World, have participated in something of a binge, a half century of unbelievable prosperity and ease. We may have had some intuition that it was a binge and the earth couldn’t support it, but aside from the easy things (biodegradable detergent, slightly smaller cars) we didn’t do much. We didn’t turn our lives […]
Read moreQuote – Slaves
“There are more slaves today than at any point in history. 12-27 million forced to work at subsistence pay under threat of violence. The US government estimates 50,000 people work in hidden bondage. 90% are used for sex, indentured domestics or industrial laborers.”
Read moreJoseph Conrad Quote – The Conquest Of The Earth
“The conquest of the earth, which mostly means the taking it away from those who have a different complexion or slightly flatter noses than ourselves, is not a pretty thing when you look into it.” – Joseph Conrad
Read moreTom Hayden Quote – I Think It’s Helpful
“I think it’s helpful to remind white ethnics that they, too, came here in boats; that they, too, lived in slums; that they, too, had yellow fever; that they, too, were stigmatized as incorrigible; that they, too, had the highest homicide rates and the highest incarceration rates and the highest rates of mental illness; and that everything that was said […]
Read morePaul Brooks Quote – Nobody Calls The Cops
“In America today you can murder land for private profit. You can leave the corpse for all to see, and nobody calls the cops.” – Paul Brooks
Read moreToni Morrison Quote – American
“In this country “American” means white. Everybody else has to hyphenate.” – Toni Morrison
Read moreWalter Lippmann Quote – When All Men Think Alike
“When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.” – Walter Lippmann
Read moreQuentin Crisp quote – The young always have the same problem
“The young always have the same problem — how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their elders and copying one another.” – Quentin Crisp
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