"The greatest gift that we have as human beings is our ability to empathize. That's why I think personal stories matter so much. That's someone's mom. That's someone's daughter. That's someone's son."

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Source : Source: www.motherjones.com

Jose Antonio Vargas

#Mom Quotes #Daughter Quotes #Son Quotes

“Emotionally, a person is tied to the land of his birth. It's only human.”
“A family-friendly "eco-populism" can mobilize and unite millions who, at this point, would be turned off by a more extreme set of demands. The momentum will build, through these early efforts, for more comprehensive solutions.”
“I'm pretty optimistic about the future of rock... it will be back to composition as in classical music or jazz.”
“We tell our children they're trapped like rats on a doomed, bankrupt, gangster-haunted planet with dwindling resources, with nothing to look forward to but rising sea levels and imminent mass extinctions, then raise a disapproving eyebrow when, in response, they dress in black, cut themselves with razors, starve themselves, gorge themselves, or kill one another.”
“Behind a cold face there is always an insecure heart.”
“Art amplifies voices on the margins-the views and opinions that power silences.”
“America was born of revolt, flourished on dissent, became great through experimentation.”

Source : "Freedom, Loyalty, Dissent". Book by Henry Steele Commager, 1954.
“When all is said and done, the Constitution of the United States is a set of words on a piece of paper. The only way that the Constitution can protect us is if we protect the Constitution.”

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