#on

Marvin Gaye is one of my favorite revolutionaries. He spoke from his heart, his mind. That's what I want to do. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#heart #his #i #mind #revolutionaries

In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest tend to be the best. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#certain #every #marked #nations #others

What does music mean to me? I don't think I would really be much without it, without it coming through me. It's my means of communication, my means of growth, my means of transportation from one point in my life to another. ↗

— Erykah Badu

#coming #communication #does #growth #i

I've never had a humble opinion. If you've got an opinion, why be humble about it? ↗

— Joan Baez

#be humble #got #had #humble #humble opinion

Action is the antidote to despair. ↗

— Joan Baez

#antidote #despair

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence. ↗

— Joan Baez

#flop #non-violence #only #organization #than

Someone had to change the world. And obviously I was the one for the job. ↗

— Joan Baez

#change the world #had #i #job #obviously

A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#down #family #idea #interesting #interesting idea

It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#temptations #vices #without

So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their judgment tells them it is unwise and their conscience that it is wrong. ↗

— Walter Bagehot

#believers #conscience #earnest #even #judgment