"Pardoning Snowden would be a powerful way for the president to acknowledge that the government did wrong, kept us in the dark, acted unconstitutionally. And but for the actions of Edward Snowden, we would still be in a very dark place."

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Source : "Activists Launch Campaign Urging Obama To Pardon Edward Snowden". "All Things Considered" with David Welna, www.npr.org. September 14, 2016.

Anthony Romero

#Powerful Quotes #Dark Quotes #Government Quotes

“Whoever doesn't live in poetry cannot survive here on earth.”

Source : Halldór Laxness (2005). “Under the Glacier”, Vintage Books
“A lot of Americans like happy endings, but life does not necessarily have a happy ending.”
“At that time I told myself that I didn't want to fall in love ever again. But that night while praying for your happiness Nana, I thought that despite all the wounds and all the pains it could cause I wanted to dream again, and love someone with all my heart.”
“I have earned hundreds of thousands of pounds, but I can't seem to get to grips with money.”
“Some People are not to be persuaded to taste of any Creatures they have daily seen and been acquainted with, while they were alive; others extend their Scruple no further than to their own Poultry, and refuse to eat what they fed and took care of themselves; yet all of them will feed heartily and without Remorse on Beef, Mutton and Fowls when they are bought in the Market.”

Source : "The Fable of the Bees". Book by Bernard Mandeville. Remark P, pp. 188-189, 1732.
“Humility can weep over other men's weaknesses, and joy and rejoice over their graces.”
“The very first part in healing is shattering the silence,”

Source : Erin Merryn (2009). “Living for Today: From Incest and Molestation to Fearlessness and Forgiveness”, p.58, Health Communications, Inc.
“When we are conscious of our personal uniqueness and our universal nature we express ourselves creatively. In this way we fulfill our dreams and our life purpose.”

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