"Where there is a living memory of struggle, they have a living memory of the rebellion. Where there's no struggle afterward the rebellion is forgotten."

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Source : "“Exiles From the Future”: An Interview with Vijay Prashad". Interview with Andrew Stewart, www.counterpunch.org. August 17, 2016.

#Memories Quotes #Struggle Quotes #Forgotten Quotes

“And we support Senator Joseph Lieberman, that it's time for our country to consider a military preemptive strike against Iran if they will not yield to diplomacy”
“I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations.”
“But will he come I just want to know what you think the odds are. Tell me what you really think." "I think Tibby was a wise girl. I think she loved you.”
“Love cannot live where there is no trust.”

Source : Edith Hamilton (1969). “Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes”
“Three days in a city now and I'm quite flipped. There's too much noise. I just can't do with it.”
“True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.”

Source : William Penn (1782). “The Select Works of William Penn....”, p.448
“Philosophy, art, and science are not the mental objects of an objectified brain but the three aspects under which the brain becomes subject.”
“Funding from rich countries to help the poor and vulnerable adapt to climate change is not even one percent of what is needed. This glaring injustice must be addressed at Copenhagen in December .”

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