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What created democracy was Thomas Paine and Shays' Rebellion, the suffragists and the abolitionists and on down through the populists and the labor movement, including the Wobblies. Tough, in your face people... Mother Jones, Woody Guthrie... Martin Luther King and Caesar Chavez. And now it's down to us. Jim Hightower
Democracy People Rebellion Mother King Face Tough Down Thomas Martin Martin Luther Guthrie Martin Luther King Through Chavez Caesar Labor Labor Movement Movement Woody Woody Guthrie Us Created Your Paine Including Now Luther
The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere. Jim Hightower
Today John Only Only Difference Between Make Pigeon Still American Difference Deposit Farmer
Even the smallest dog can lift its leg on the tallest building. Jim Hightower
Dog Building Lift Smallest Tallest Leg Even
The Bible declares that on the sixth day God created man. Right then and there, God should have demanded a damage deposit. Jim Hightower
God Day Bible Man Demanded Sixth Deposit Then Created Should Right Damage
The task of the media in a democracy is not to ease the path of those who govern, but to make life difficult for them by constant vigilance as to how they exercise the power they only hold in trust from the people. Jimmy Reid
Life Democracy Trust People Path Power Difficult Ease Those Constant Only Make Exercise How Govern Task Hold Them Vigilance Who Media
Robert Burns enriched Scottish song with his genius and is mainly responsible for the rich treasure house of song that we enjoy today. He collected folk songs, retained the melodic line, kept what words were usable and rewrote the rest. He didn't claim ownership. Jimmy Reid
Today Song Genius Words Rest Ownership Rich Enjoy Enriched Melodic Claim Collected Responsible Folk Folk Songs Songs He Mainly Robert House Line Were His Scottish Burns Usable Treasure Kept
To use for our exclusive benefit what is not ours is theft. Jose Marti
Benefit Our Ours Exclusive Theft Use
One just principle from the depths of a cave is more powerful than an army. Jose Marti
Army More Powerful Principle Cave Than Just Depths
Journalism should be more like science. As far as possible, facts should be verifiable. If journalists want long-term credibility for their profession, they have to go in that direction. Have more respect for readers. Julian Assange
Respect Science Possible Direction More Facts Journalism Journalists Long-Term Like Readers Verifiable Go Want As Far As Far Should Profession Credibility
The greater the power, the more need there is for transparency, because if the power is abused, the result can be so enormous. On the other hand, those people who do not have power, we mustn't reduce their power even more by making them yet more transparent. Julian Assange
People Result Power Enormous Other Those More Abuse Greater Because Making Reduce Hand Them Transparency Transparent Who Even Need
Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving 6 years' worth of education. Julian Bond
Education Worth School Black Years Going Children Receiving Violence
No matter what is happening in life or in the world - war, natural disaster, poor health, pain, the death of loved ones - if existence is filled with art, music and literature, life will be fulfilling, a joy. Karen DeCrow
Life Death War Music Art Health Natural Joy World Matter Will Pain Disaster Existence Loved Happening Loved Ones Literature Natural Disaster Poor Poor Health Fulfilling Filled
When feminism does not explicitly oppose racism, and when anti-racism does not incorporate opposition to patriarchy, race and gender politics often end up being antagonistic to each other, and both interests lose. Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
Politics Racism Gender Feminism Oppose Lose Other Both Does Antagonistic Opposition End Up Often Being Patriarchy Race Explicitly Interests Each Incorporate
Censorship is certainly not the answer to controversial material and is inconsistent with our most basic constitutional values. Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
Censorship Values Our Constitutional Most Answer Material Controversial Certainly Basic Inconsistent
Intersectionality draws attention to invisibilities that exist in feminism, in anti-racism, in class politics, so, obviously, it takes a lot of work to consistently challenge ourselves to be attentive to aspects of power that we don't ourselves experience. Kimberle Williams Crenshaw
Work Politics Class Experience Challenge Power Feminism Consistently Draws Ourselves Takes Attention Attentive Obviously Exist Lot Aspects
Without an advocate for the poor, without a new state of mind in America, the country lies on the brink of anarchy. Louis Farrakhan
Mind Country State Anarchy Lies New Without Advocate America Poor Brink
Qaddafi is hated because he is the leader of a small country that is rich, but he uses his money to finance liberation struggles. Louis Farrakhan
Finance Money Leader Country Rich Liberation Hated Small Struggles Small Country He Because His Uses
It appears that there is a genocidal plan against Black people. Louis Farrakhan
People Black Against Plan Appears
They should regard me as what I am. I am a spiritual leader and teacher. Louis Farrakhan
Teacher Spiritual Me Leader Am Regard Should
The world has never yet seen a truly great and virtuous nation because in the degradation of woman the very fountains of life are poisoned at their source. Lucretia Mott
Life Great Woman World Seen Nation Virtuous Degradation Never Poisoned Because Source Truly Very
I think, with never-ending gratitude, that the young women of today do not and can never know at what price their right to free speech and to speak at all in public has been earned. Lucy Stone
Today Gratitude Women Speak Free Free Speech Young Think Earned Has-Been Price Never Never-Ending Know Been Public Young Women Right Speech
The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage were born. Malala Yousafzai
Life Strength Change Courage Fear Thought My Life Power Ambition Nothing Changed Aims Weakness Would Hopelessness Born Except Terrorists Were Died Stop
Dear sisters and brothers, we realize the importance of light when we see darkness. Malala Yousafzai
Darkness Light See Brothers Importance Dear Sisters Realize
I believe in peace. I believe in mercy. Malala Yousafzai
Peace Mercy Believe
I think life is always dangerous. Some people get afraid of it. Some people don't go forward. But some people, if they want to achieve their goal, they have to go. They have to move... We have seen the barbaric situation of the 21st century in Swat. So why should I be afraid now? Malala Yousafzai
Life People Dangerous Achieve Some People Seen Situation Think Some Always Go Goal Get Move Afraid Want Barbaric Century Should Forward Now Why
In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure. Malcolm X
Success Time Failure Respect Value Our Proper Determines Deeds
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