"I'm working class, my family was working class, and we have struggled the same way our neighbors here in San Francisco have struggled."

-- Cindy Sheehan

#Class Quotes #San Francisco Quotes #Way Quotes

“'I am a camera' but it is a discontinued model.”
“Early on, I learnt from the Russian intelligentsia that the only meaning of life lies in conscious participation in the making of history. The more I think of that, the more deeply true it seems to be. It follows that one must range oneself actively against everything that diminishes man, and involve oneself in all struggles which tend to liberate and enlarge him. This categorical imperative is by no way lessened by the fact that such an involvement is inevitably soiled by error: it is a worse error merely to live for oneself, caught within traditions which are soiled by inhumanity.”

Source : Victor Serge (2002). “Memoirs of a Revolutionary”, p.374, University of Iowa Press
“A piece of advice if I may be allowed to give it, is that no philosophy, no creed, no God is worth more than the love that one human being may give and receive in their lifetime â€“ this is what is meant by being â€˜involvedâ€™.”
“A few regular troops from old France, weakened by hunger and sickness, who, when fresh, were unable to withstand the British soldiers, are their general's chief dependence.”
“You have to take the hits as they come and you have to take the opportunities.”
“When I get ready to explain homemade fascism in America, I can take my example from the state capitol of Texas.”
“Part of me wonders if this is a suicide mission disguised as a game.”
“The primary thing when you take a sword in your hands is your intention to cut the enemy, whatever the means. Whenever you parry, hit, spring, strike or touch the enemy's cutting sword, you must cut the enemy in the same movement. It is essential to attain this. If you think only of hitting, springing, striking or touching the enemy, you will not be able actually to cut him.”

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