"As Americans, preserving the best of our traditions, we have the right- nay the duty-to fight for participation in the forward march of humanity"

-- Paul Robeson

#Fighting Quotes #Humanity Quotes #March Quotes

“Even those who, like me, believe that Roe v. Wade and the decisions elaborating on reproductive rights were constitutionally correct must recognize that, for many on the right, the sudden and relatively sloppily reasoned character of the abortion rulings... did real damage to the Court's reputation as a relatively neutral arbiter of legal disputes.”

Source : "Supreme Court in a no-win position on Obamacare?" By David Gergen, www.cnn.com. June 12, 2012.
“Laughter is wine for the soul - laughter soft, or loud and deep, tinged through with seriousness - the hilarious declaration made by man that life is worth living.”
“I believe you make your day. You make your life.”
“Let us admit, without bitterness, that the individual has his distinct interests and can, without felony, stipulate for those interests and defend them. The present has its pardonable amount of egotism; momentary life has its claims, and cannot be expected to sacrifice itself incessantly to the future. The generation which is in its turn passing over the earth is not forced to abridge its life for the sake of the generations, its equals after all, whose turn shall come later on.”
“When in doubt, make a fool of yourself.”
“It is curious to note that when for reasons of conscience, people refuse to kill, they are often exempted from active military duty. But there are no exemptions for people who, for reasons of conscience, refuse to financially support the bureaucracy that actually does the killing. Apparently, the state takes money more seriously than life.”
“I used to think the only use for sport was to give small boys something else to kick besides me.”
“Nay, droop not, fellows; innocence should be bold.”

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