"Individuals bearing witness cannot do the work of social movements, but they can break a corrosive and demoralizing silence."

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Source : "Three Elegies for Susan Sontag". "New Politics", Vol. X, No. 3, 2005.

Ellen Willis

#Silence Quotes #Movement Quotes #Individual Quotes

“Death is no enemy, but the foundation of gratitude, sympathy, and art. Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.”
“Have you ever been through a painful season in life and wished for something new, something fresh, or even something healing to come along? Take this journey with Robin Price, a widow and single mother with a big heart and passion for those closest to her as she wades through trying to live, let go, and love again. Wishing on Willows is a story of hope that will find you stepping up to the willow tree and daring to make wishes”
“How you act, walk, look and talk is all part of Hip Hop culture. And the music is colorless. Hip Hop music is made from Black, brown, yellow, red and white.”
“Presidents should do whatever possible and practical to encourage an environment of cooperation and bipartisanship. And they should maintain a certain level of decorum, diplomacy and decency. But, at the end of the day, presidents get elected to enact change.”
“The true patriot is motivated by a sense of responsibility and out of self-interest for himself, his family, and the future of his country to resist government abuse of power. He rejects the notion that patriotism means obedience to the state.”

Source : "The Patriotism Smear" by Ron Paul, www.lewrockwell.com. May 24, 2007.
“We tend to overestimate what we can do in a short period, and underestimate what we can do over a long period, provided we work slowly and consistently. Anthony Trollope, the nineteenth-century writer who managed to be a prolific novelist while also revolutionizing the British postal system, observed, â€œA small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labours of a spasmodic Hercules.â€ Over the long run, the unglamorous habit of frequency fosters both productivity and creativity.”
“I am the soul in limbo.”
“I am my own worst enemy. This, more than any other trait, proves my fundamental humanity.”

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