#ann

Our democracy must be not only the envy of the world but the engine of our own renewal. There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America. ↗

— William J. Clinton

#cannot #cured #democracy #engine #envy

Har. Bloody. Har. ↗

— Stephanie Perkins

#humor #humor

If there's one American belief I hold above all others, it's that those who would set themselves up in judgment on matters of what is "right" and what is "best" should be given no rest; that they should have to defend their behavior most stringently. ↗

— Stephen King

#censorship #challenged-books #freedom-of-speech #freedom

Creativity and expression of one’s art can only be measured by the audience to whom it was intended for.  Not everyone is going to like my “art” and I don’t really care about that. ↗

— Anne-Rae Vasquez

#art #quote #vasquez #art

Tyranny is always better organized than freedom. ↗

— Charles Peguy

#better #freedom #organized #than #tyranny

Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#manners #politeness #respect #respect

One cannot possibly understand the teaching of the saints unless one has a pure mind and is trying to imitate their life. ↗

— Athanasius

#imitate #life #mind #possibly #pure

This marched was planned to be non violent and non confrontational, and gladly it stayed that way. What really impressed me was the self discipline of the Black Block. ↗

— John Blair

#block #confrontational #discipline #gladly #impressed

No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#cannot #declarations #desired #doubt #into

No doubt, unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed by mere declarations. ↗

— Theodore Bikel

#declarations #desired #doubt #mere #no doubt