Old Greek Proverb – A Society Grows Great
“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” – Old Greek proverb
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Barack Obama Quote – Slip Between Worlds
“I learned to slip back and forth between m black and white worlds. One of those tricks I had learned: People were satisfied so long as you were courteous and smiled and made no sudden moves. They were more than satisfied; they were relieved — such a pleasant surprise to find a well-mannered young black man who didn’t seem angry […]
Read moreJohn Stuart Mill Quote – Eccentricity In Society
“The amount of eccentricity in a society has generally been proportional to the amount of genius, mental vigor, and moral courage it contained.” – John Stuart Mill
Read morePope Emeritus Benedict XVI Quote – Hardness of Hearing
“There is not only a physical deafness which largely cuts people off from social life; there is also a “hardness of hearing” where God is concerned.” – Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
Read moreTheodore M. Hesburgh Quote – Inequality
“The melting pot failed to function in one crucial area. Religions and nationalities, however different, generally learned to live together, even to grow together, in America. But color was something else. Reds were murdered like wild animals. Yellows were characterized as a peril and incarcerated en masse during World War II for no really good reason by our most liberal […]
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 moreBill Cosby Quote – The Whole Race
“If a white man falls off a chair drunk, it’s just a drunk- If a Negro does, it’s the whole damn Negro race.” – Bill Cosby
Read moreMahatma Gandhi Quote – Human Need
There is enough in the world for human need, but not human greed.” – Mahatma Gandhi
Read moreIvan Illich Quote – Consumer Society
“In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.” – Ivan Illich
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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