"You may pronounce the sentence upon me, honourable judge, but let the world know that in A.D. 1886, in the State of Illinois, eight men were sentenced to death because they believed in a better future; because they had not lost their faith in the ultimate victory of liberty and justice!"

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Source : Address of August Spies. "The Accused the Accusers: Famous Speeches of the Chicago Anarchists in Court", www.chicagohistoryresources.org. 1886.

August Spies

#Men Quotes #Illinois Quotes #Eight Quotes

“Even as the words came out of my mouth, my heart was dying a million deaths.”
“Peace is a conscious choice.”
“After the age of eighty, all contemporaries are friends.”
“You try to figure out things to keep yourself interested. It's very easy to get lulled.”
“I can't tell you how much time is spent worrying about decisions that don't matter. To just be able to make a decision and see what happens is tremendously empowering, but that means you have to set up the situation such that when something does go wrong, you can fix it.”

Source : "Collective Ownership of Code and Text: A Conversation with Ward Cunningham, Part II". Interview with Bill Venners, www.artima.com. December 01, 2003.
“Again, I'm used to speaking to a lot of people; I have a lot of friends and family, and I perform music and speak in front of a lot of crowds. So I share with people already a lot in my life.”
“The friend of time doesn't spend all day saying: 'I haven't got time.' He doesn't fight with time. He accepts it and cherishes it.”
“If youâ€™re not someone who has a natural and effortless love for yourself, itâ€™s hard to let go of your desire to please other people, and thatâ€™s really not an ingredient for a happy life.”

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