"The American Revolution was a vindication of liberties inherited and possessed. It was a conservative revolution."

-- William E. Gladstone

#Liberty Quotes #Revolution Quotes #Conservative Quotes

“It's impossible to be loyal to your family, your friends, your country, and your principles, all at the same time.”
“A new word. Bright with possibilities. A flawless pearl to turn over and over in my hand, then put away for safekeeping.”
“To forgive someone means to take away the power this person has over you.”
“If churches want to play the game of politics, let them pay admission like everyone else.”
“If we continue to tell ourselves the popular myths about racial progress or, worse yet, if we say to ourselves that the problem of mass incarceration is just too big, too daunting for us to do anything about and that we should instead direct our energies to battles that might be more easily won, history will judge us harshly. A human rights nightmare is occurring on our watch.”

Source : Michelle Alexander (2013). “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness”, p.15, The New Press
“You got your guards up, I do too, there's things we might discover. Cause you got a past and I do too, we're perfect for each other.”
“The world does not reward average people so I will be extraordinary.”
“What sparks wars? The will to power, the backbone of human nature. The threat of violence, the fear of violence, or actual violence, is the instrument of this dreadful will. You can see the will to power in bedrooms, kitchens, factories, unions and the borders of states. Listen to this and remember it. The nation state is merely human nature inflated to monstrous proportions. QED, nations are entities whose laws are written by violence. Thus it ever was, so ever shall it be.”

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