"If enough money is involved and enough people believe that two plus two equals five the media will report the story with a straight face always adding a qualifying paragraph noting that mathematicians however say that two plus two still equals four."

-- Susan Jacoby

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“To make peace, one must be an uncompromising leader. To make peace, one must also embody compromise.”

Source : "Architects of Peace: Visions of Hope in Words and Images". Book by Michael Collopy, 2000.
“A lot of bands have the enthusiasm kicked out of them by playing really dreary pub venues that just churn bands through.”
“Don't ever know who you may meet, or just because a person may not be dressed up all fancy, don't mean they're not an important person. You just don't ever know who you're gonna meet in life. So that's why I look at everybody as equal. Can't just judge. I treat everybody with respect. Every man.”
“To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter.”
“Universities used to prepare young adults for the real world. I dare say the graduates today go in without a clue and graduate without a clue. It's time to acknowledge the college degree is not worth what it was in the past. Times are changing, and so is the way we prepare our youth to survive in a competitive world.”
“Iâ€™d ask you to hang out with us, but youâ€™re not supposed to see me this way.â€™â€¦ â€˜What way?â€™ I ask. â€˜Drunk?â€™ â€˜Yeahâ€¦well, no.â€™ His voice softens. â€˜Real, I guess.â€™ â€˜Iâ€™ll pretend I didnâ€™t.â€™ â€˜Nice of you.â€™ He puts his lips next to my ear and says, â€˜You look good, Tris.â€™â€¦ I laugh. â€˜Do me a favor and stay away from the chasm, okay?â€™ â€˜Of course.â€™ He winks at me.”
“Whatever is genuine in social relations endures, despite of time, error, absence, and destiny; and that which has no inherent vitality had better die at once. A great poet has truly declared that constancy is no virtue, but a fact.”

Source : Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1850). “The optimist”, p.126
“If the believers in liberty wish the principles of liberty taught, let them never intrust that instruction to any government; for the nature of government is to become a thing apart, an institution existing for its own sake, preying upon the people, and teaching whatever will tend to keep it secure in its seat.”

Source : Voltairine de Cleyre (2012). “Exquisite Rebel: The Essays of Voltairine de Cleyre -- Anarchist, Feminist, Genius”, p.96, SUNY Press

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