"In my opinion nothing has contributed more to the corruption of the original idea of socialism as the belief that Russia is a socialist country."

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Source : "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness". Book by Michelle Alexander, January 5, 2010.

George Orwell

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“Christ desires his mysteries to be published abroad as widely as possible. I would that [the Gospels and the epistles of Paul] were translated into all languages, of all Christian people, and that they might be read and known.”
“We are at times too ready to believe that the present is the only possible state of things.”
“If there is anything material and we're not reporting it, we'll be breaking the law. We don't break the law.”
“The unchecked striving for more, for endless growth, is a dysfunction and a disease. It is the same dysfunction the cancerous cell manifests, whose only goal is to multiply itself, unaware that it is bringing about its own destruction by destroying the organism of which it is a part.”
“Love betrayed has an entirely different sound from hatred outright.”

Source : "The Broken Kingdoms". Book by N.K. Jemisin, Chapter 3 "Gods and Corpses" (oil on canvas) (p. 58), 2011.
“If you permit your thoughts to dwell on evil you yourself will become ugly. Look only for the good in everything so you absorb the quality of beauty.”
“My best advice to working women is just try what you think right now will be best for you and your family - and if it doesn't work, then change it. And look for ways to cut corners to add to your sanity.”

Source : Source: www.elle.com
“We stole their babes and mothers, chiefs and braves Although we held the whip, you knew we were The real slaves To alchemy, human alchemy.”

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