#politics

It is always useful, you see, to subject the past life of reform politicians to rather inquisitive research. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

#life

Behind tranquillity lies conquered unhappiness. ↗

— J. William T. Youngs

#humanitarian #politics #women-s-rights #life

The senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour. Hubert Humphrey, as quoted by Biden, p. 134 ↗

— Joe Biden

#life

Books of the sages of the ages reflect upon in stages; like honey their words on the tongue give due savour.” {Source: A Green Desert Father} ↗

— Richard Mc Sweeney

#esoteric #fashion #freedom-of-thought #ireland #irish-poet

Senator John Stennis: The civil rights movement did more to free the white man that the black man. ... It freed my soul. ↗

— Joe Biden

#politics #life

Live Like a Raj Thakare and Die Like a Balasaheb Thakare. ↗

— Sagar Ugale

#life #politicians #politics #life

Those who love peace must learn to organize as effectively as those who love war. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#love

Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#social-justice #love

Love is a trick played on us by the forces of evolution. Pleasure is the bait laid down by the same. There is only power. Power is of the individual mind but the mind's power is not enough. Power of the body decides everything in the end and only might is right. ↗

— T.H. White

#love

Women deserve better than organizations bearing the names of racist rapists funding million dollar campaigns on subway trains. These wealthy middle aged white men tell us what to do with our bodies while they wage wars and kill other people's babies. ↗

— Sonya Renee Taylor

#men #politics #rapists #rights #war