Quotes
QUOTES
Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins ... Society is in every state a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. - Thomas Paine, Common Sense
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. - Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience
Be the change you wish to see in the world. - Gandhi
For as long as people massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love. - Pythagoras
As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. - H.L. Mencken
Wars were forced upon a reluctant population by despotic and Machiavellian governments - Bertrand Russell
It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment. - Ansel Adams
A secret harmony exists between the earth and the people whom it nourishes, and when imprudent societies let themselves violate this harmony, they always end up regretting it. - Elisee Reclus
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful commited people can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead
The best substitute for war is intelligence - Alice Walker
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. - Douglas Adams
History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily - Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham City Jail
State is the name of the coldest of all cold monsters. Coldly it tells lies too; and this lie crawls out of its mouth: "I, the state, am the people." That is a lie! - Nietzsche, Zarathustra
Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience & through rebellion. - Oscar Wilde
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Gandhi
For it isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it. - Eleanor Roosevelt
Tug on anything at all and you'll find it connected to everything else in the universe. - John Muir
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history. - Gandhi
Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space. - Ansel Adams
Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. - Douglas Adams
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. - e.e. cummings
I reserve my right to be complex. - Leslie Feinberg
You don't have a pronoun for me yet. - Holly Boswell
Some writers have so confounded society with government, as to leave little or no distinction between them; whereas they are not only different, but have different origins ... Society is in every state a blessing, but Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. - Thomas Paine, Common Sense
Disobedience is the true foundation of liberty. The obedient must be slaves. - Henry David Thoreau, Civil Disobedience
Be the change you wish to see in the world. - Gandhi
For as long as people massacre animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain cannot reap joy and love. - Pythagoras
As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron. - H.L. Mencken
Wars were forced upon a reluctant population by despotic and Machiavellian governments - Bertrand Russell
It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment. - Ansel Adams
A secret harmony exists between the earth and the people whom it nourishes, and when imprudent societies let themselves violate this harmony, they always end up regretting it. - Elisee Reclus
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful commited people can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. - Margaret Mead
The best substitute for war is intelligence - Alice Walker
Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. - Douglas Adams
History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily - Martin Luther King Jr., Letter from Birmingham City Jail
State is the name of the coldest of all cold monsters. Coldly it tells lies too; and this lie crawls out of its mouth: "I, the state, am the people." That is a lie! - Nietzsche, Zarathustra
Disobedience, in the eyes of any one who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience & through rebellion. - Oscar Wilde
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Gandhi
For it isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it. - Eleanor Roosevelt
Tug on anything at all and you'll find it connected to everything else in the universe. - John Muir
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history. - Gandhi
Yosemite Valley, to me, is always a sunrise, a glitter of green and golden wonder in a vast edifice of stone and space. - Ansel Adams
Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. - Douglas Adams
To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. - e.e. cummings
I reserve my right to be complex. - Leslie Feinberg
You don't have a pronoun for me yet. - Holly Boswell