"Every social war is a battle between the very few on both sides who care and who fire their shots across a crowd of spectators."

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Source : Murray Kempton (2012). “Part of Our Time: Some Ruins and Monuments of the Thirties”, p.283, New York Review of Books

Murray Kempton

#War Quotes #Fire Quotes #Battle Quotes

“Trav, if you cross us -- " "I know. You'll get me. I'll try not to pee all over myself in terror.”
“You should never, ever, let anyone tell you you're not good enough. You have a choice whether to meet others expectations of you, or strive to meet your own.”
“The making of television has changed quite a bit. Now you have to do them n cheaper budgets.”
“A good, all-loving god would not destroy his creations no matter how they act. He tells parents to love their children unconditionally. I say 'you first, God.'”
“Where there is a lack of rest, there is an abundance of stress.”
“I mean, I don't even think of myself as a musician, really.”
“[Donald] Trump met with Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto, who has in the past compared Trump`s rhetoric to that of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.”
“The essence of American racism is disrespect.”

Source : "The Case for Reparations". www.theatlantic.com.

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