"I feel that I am a citizen of the American dream and that the revolutionary struggle of which I am a part is a struggle against the American nightmare."

-- Eldridge Cleaver

#Dream Quotes #Struggle Quotes #Usa Quotes

“Nothing in the world can make you happy; everything in the world can encourage you to be happy.”
“Justice is the first virtue of social institutions,”
“I had been living with dialysis for three years or so, and the new kidney felt like a reprieve, a new gift of life. I felt alive again and I guess that has had an effect on my use of colour.”
“From the moment that you feel enthusiastic about everything, you know that you are following your heart.”
“I donâ€™t care about the rules. In fact, if I donâ€™t break the rules at least ten times in every song, then Iâ€™m not doing my job properly. Emotion is much more important than making mistakes, so be prepared to look like a chump. If you become too guarded and too processed, the music loses its spontaneity and gut feeling”
“That instability is inherent in the nature of popular governments, I think very disputable â€¦ A representative democracy, where the right of election is well secured and regulated & the exercise of the legislature, executive, and judiciary authorities, is vested in select persons, chosen really and not nominally by the people, will in my opinion be most likely to be happy, regular and durable.”
“What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now they are content with burning my books.”
“The big problem is to find suitable hats. I don't care for them all that much, but you have to wear them in politics.”

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