Stephen Leacock Quote – Advertising
“Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.” – Stephen Leacock
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Lillian Smith Quote – Closing Door After Door
“I learned to believe in freedom, to glow when the word democracy was used, and to practice slavery from morning to night. I learned it the way all of my Southern people learn it: by closing door after door until ones mind and heart and conscience are blocked off from each other and from reality.” – Lillian Smith
Read moreGandhi Quote – Live
“LIVE AS IF YOU WERE TO DIE TOMORROW. LEARN AS IF YOU WERE TO LIVE FOREVER.” – Gandhi
Read moreMark Twain Quote – We Are All Stupid
“We are all stupid, just on different subjects.” – Mark Twain
Read moreIrving Kristol Quote – Equality Of Opportunity
“Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions, it only guarantees equality of opportunity.” – Irving Kristol
Read moreQuote – Necessary Evils
“It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.” Margaret Mead
Read moreSimone Weil Quote – Our Great Adversary
“Whether the mask is labeled Fascism, Democracy, or Dictatorship of the Proletariat, our great adversary remains the Apparatus — the bureaucracy, the police, the military. Not the one facing us across the frontier or the battle lines,… but the one that calls itself our protector and makes us its slaves. No matter what the circumstances, the worst betrayal will always […]
Read moreI.F. Stone quote – Somebody who believes as you do, wins
“The only kinds of fights worth fighting are those you’re going to lose, because somebody has to fight them and lose and lose and lose until someday, somebody who believes as you do, wins.” – I.F. Stone
Read moreSteven Wright Quote – Dry Ice
I thought if you melt dry ice, you could swim without getting wet. ~ Steven Wright
Read moreJames Baldwin Quote – A Man Is Not A Man
“A man is not a man until he’s able and willing to accept his own vision of the world, no matter how radically this vision departs from that of others.” – James Baldwin
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