"I have declared war on the rich who prosper on our poverty, the politicians who lie to us with smiling faces, and all the mindless, heartless, robots who protect them and their property."

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Source : Assata Shakur (1987). “Assata: An Autobiography”, p.65, Zed Books

Assata Shakur

#War Quotes #Lying Quotes #Heartless Quotes

“The reason I know you don't love me, is because the day I walked out your door, you didn't stop me.”
“There is only one true thing: Instantly paint what you see.”
“I do some concerts. At the moment, I'm being helped a lot by a gig I play in London, which is Pizza Express.”
“I believe in the time when we shall be able to create works of art in the Theatre without the use of the written play, without the use of actors.”

Source : Edward Gordon Craig (2008). “On the Art of the Theatre”, p.25, Routledge
“A democracy without faith is just a machine without power. Nothing can make it function except faith in itself, in the ordinary man and woman.”
“In a manner akin to the influence of Tiger Woods on the other side of the Atlantic, Thierry Henry has helped kick down a few of the remaining bigoted stereotypes. Through his undisputable class and dignity, Henry has made a deep-seated difference to race relations in this country. Racism will flounder whenever white children grow up with a black man as their hero. That so few comment on Henry's colour is a silent tribute to his impact.”
“When you feel like you've had a good show, you go backstage and you talk to yourself about it, and if you have a bad show you talk to yourself about it.”
“Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people.”

Source : Henry Clay (2015). “The Papers of Henry Clay: Candidate, Compromiser, Whig, March 5, 1829-December 31, 1836”, p.42, University Press of Kentucky

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