Mahatma Gandhi Quote – Human Need
There is enough in the world for human need, but not human greed.” – Mahatma Gandhi
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Wilma Mankiller Quote – Today’s Stereotypes
“Contrary to today’s stereotypes, racists do not always chew tobacco and drive pickup trucks with gun racks. They wear silk shirts, treat women as possessions, and talk about human rights at cocktail parties far from communities of people of color. The men in pickup trucks are just as likely to be warm and caring as the high-minded liberals are to […]
Read morePope Francis Quote – Justice and Solidarity
“It is especially for you, young people, to take on the great task of building a society where there will be more justice and solidarity.” – Pope Francis
Read moreRalph Ellison Quote – If The World
“If the word has the potency to revive and make us free, it has also the power to blind, imprison, and destroy.” – Ralph Ellison
Read moreGeorge 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
Read moreCarl 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 […]
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