#our

Through the inspiration of Vaclav's words, the courage of his dissidence and the integrity of his leadership, Czechoslovakia successfully transitioned from an authoritarian state to a free democracy at the heart of Europe. ↗

— Michael D. Higgins

#courage #czechoslovakia #democracy #europe #free

You are not speaking for yourself, but for Ireland. ↗

— Michael D. Higgins

#speaking #you #yourself

A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success. ↗

— Cullen Hightower

#gained #includes #measure #others #success

The true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success. ↗

— Cullen Hightower

#gained #includes #measure #others #success

We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex - but Congress can. ↗

— Cullen Hightower

#congress #could #frustrating #how #imagine

What created democracy was Thomas Paine and Shays' Rebellion, the suffragists and the abolitionists and on down through the populists and the labor movement, including the Wobblies. Tough, in your face people... Mother Jones, Woody Guthrie... Martin Luther King and Caesar Chavez. And now it's down to us. ↗

— Jim Hightower

#caesar #chavez #created #democracy #down

Democracy is not something that happens, you know, just at election time, and it's not something that happens just with one event. It's an ongoing building process. But it also ought to be a part of our culture, a part of our lives. ↗

— Jim Hightower

#building #culture #democracy #election #event

But the good news is that out in the countryside, just about every place that's got a zip code has somebody or some group of people battling the economic and political exclusion that Wall Street and Washington are shoving down our throats. ↗

— Jim Hightower

#battling #code #countryside #down #economic

There's enormous progressive activism and, more often than not, success at the grassroots level - everything from living wage campaigns to efforts to finance our elections are having terrific success. ↗

— Jim Hightower

#campaigns #efforts #elections #enormous #everything

When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism. ↗

— Jim Hightower

#downward #entered #i #journalism #only