#rut

Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

#forms #suppress #terror #those #truth

Well, the first thing is that truth and power for me form an antithesis, an antagonism, which will hardly ever be resolved. I can define in fact, can simplify the history of human society, the evolution of human society, as a contest between power and freedom. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

#antithesis #between #contest #define #ever

One, a mass movement from within, which, as you know, is constantly being put down brutally but which, again, regroups and moves forward as is happening right now as we are speaking. ↗

— Wole Soyinka

#being #brutally #constantly #down #forward

You can either look at things in a brutal, truthful way that's depressing, or you can screw around and have fun. ↗

— David Spade

#brutal #depressing #either #fun #have fun

I love Ruth Brown, not just her singing, but Ruth Brown has more girl power than anyone, because she fought hard against people who ripped her off and then helped other artists through the Rhythm and Blues Foundation. ↗

— Ronnie Spector

#anyone #artists #because #blues #brown

Again, the truth of the matter is we haven't paid that much attention to high school accountability. ↗

— Margaret Spellings

#again #attention #haven #high #high school

-Do you see that?
 -Yeah, what is it?
 -That’s the truth.
 -How can you tell it’s the truth?
 -Because it’s ugly. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#truth #ugly #beauty

A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. ↗

— Charles Spurgeon

#around #half #half way #lie #putting

I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#been #democrats #friends #i #lies

I will make a bargain with the Republicans. If they will stop telling lies about Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. ↗

— Adlai Stevenson

#bargain #democrats #i #lies #make