"The time will come when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you strangle today."

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Source : "America's Second Century: Readings in United States History Since 1877". Book by Kenneth G. Alfers, p. 43, 1993.

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“I only want sweet peace and kindliness when I awaken -- but there's always some finger pointing, telling me some terrible deed I committed during the night. It seems I make a lot of mistakes and it seems that I am not allowed any.”
“My working life has always been wrapped up in doing my job to the best of my abilities and doing the best for my family. It is not a contest between the two.”
“Don't believe your own publicity. You can't; you'll start thinking that you're better than you are.”
“To save the world is the simplest thing in the world. All one has to do is think.”

Source : Leonard Peikoff (1993). “Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand”, p.388, Penguin
“I'm not a big reggae dude. I have maybe two other reggae albums.”

Source : "Random Rules: Dave Willis". Interview with Scott Gordon, www.avclub.com. March 31, 2008.
“The only people playing the roles of classic rock stars are hip-hop artists, now. Kanye's stage persona, and the way he approaches making albums, and the way he wants to be better than everyone else? That's reminiscent of Freddie Mercury. That's reminiscent of the Beatles.”
“The left and the right live in parallel universes. The right listens to talk radio, the left's on the Internet and they just reinforce one another. They have no sense of reality. I have now one ambition: to retire before it becomes essential to tweet.”
“In liberal society we claim that freedom of speech is sacred and therefore has an absolute character. But we know (or should know) that "free speech" inhabits a structured space: not only is "hate speech" legally forbidden in liberal societies, but there are also laws protecting the circulation of copyrighted material, and the reproduction of trademarks and patents without explicit permission.”

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