"Changes are inseparable from democracy. To defend democracy is to defend the possibility of change; in turn, changes alone can strengthen democracy."

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Octavio Paz

#Justice Quotes #Democracy Quotes #Possibility Quotes

“... How is it [, then] that the leaders of our society have seen fit to try to eliminate this one very important means of learning and self-discovery, this means which has been used, respected, and honored for thousands of years, in every human culture of which we have a record?”

Source : Alexander Shulgin, Ann Shulgin (1995). “Pihkal: A Chemical Love Story”
“who was the cynic who had defined gratitude as thanks for favors to come?”
“During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”
“Well, I couldn't play an instrument. I'd just stand up front and announce the numbers. They had me sing a little, but that was a horrible mistake. I can't carry a tune in a bucket. We played black theaters and nightclubs all over hell. One-nighters. Apollo Theater in Harlem and the Earle Theater in Philly - That was big time for blacks.”
“Always have a collection of your favorite CDs with you.”
“I think that some "interventionist theisms" are compatible with evolutionary theory. (By "intervention," I don't mean that God violates laws of nature; I mean that God affects what happens in nature in ways that are additional to the ones that deism recognizes.)”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“Time doth run with calm and silent foot, Shortening my days and thread of vital life.”

Source : Christopher Marlowe (2014). “Christopher Marlowe: Four Plays: Tamburlaine, Parts One and Two, The Jew of Malta, Edward II and Dr Faustus”, p.524, Bloomsbury Publishing
“I think that one thing that America is guilty of is not ever apologizing for the greatest sin of the country, which is slavery.”

Source : Source: www.hollywoodchicago.com

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