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The state can't give you freedom, and the state can't take it away. You're born with it, like your eyes, like your ears. Freedom is something you assume, then you wait for someone to try to take it away. The degree to which you resist is the degree to which you are free... ↗

— Utah Phillips

#political #politics #freedom

A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it's lowest ones ↗

— Nelson Mandela

#inspirational #politics #revolution #struggle #freedom

I’m an atheist, and a militant atheist when religion starts impacting on legislation. ↗

— Daniel Radcliffe

#atheist #freedom #legislation #liberty #politics

Unity is a great thing and a great slogan. But what the workers’ cause needs is the unity of Marxists, not unity between Marxists, and opponents and distorters of Marxism. ↗

— Vladimir Ilyich Lenin

#democracy #freedom #history #hope #individualism

A government run by billionaires for billionaires is an affront to freedom, morality, and humanity. ↗

— Michael Moore

#freedom

When someone gives me either a democratic or republican pamphlet, I throw it in their face. I’m a librarian, damn it! We only take book donations. ↗

— Bauvard

#funny #humor #politics #funny

I've always been led to believe that the ultimate goal for an author is the movie deal. Now I understand that the movie deal is merely a MEANS TO A MUCH HIGHER END: NAIL POLISH. ↗

— Kristin Cashore

#hunger-games #nail-polish #funny

I have never voted in my life... I have always known and understood that the idiots are in a majority so it's certain they will win. ↗

— Louis-Ferdinand Céline

#politics #humor

To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem. ↗

— Douglas Adams

#political #politics #humor

If we would learn what the human race really is at bottom, we need only observe it in election times. ↗

— Mark Twain

#politics #humor