#so

No Statue of Liberty ever greeted our arrival in this country...we did not, in fact, come to the United States at all. The United States came to us. ↗

— Luis Valdez

#freedom #history #liberty #native-american #society

Censors never go after books unless kids already like them. I don’t even think they know to go after books until they know that children are interested in reading this book, therefore there must be something in it that’s wrong. ↗

— Judy Blume

#censoring #censors #censorship #censure #first-amendment

To think or not to think? That is the new question. ↗

— Nadina Boun

#humor #logic #reason #satire #thinking-for-change

If you come into success too soon, you'll burn out and be finished before you know it. If you let the maturation process happen naturally, you'll be happier with yourself in the end. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#burn #come #end #finished #happen

Some of their best songs don't have bridges and choruses. So that made me think I should trust my instincts. My songs were okay, I figured. I didn't need to change anything. ↗

— Lucinda Williams

#best #bridges #change #choruses #figured

Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#thomas-jefferson #freedom

It takes tremendous effort to rise but it takes less effort to fall ↗

— Kedron Omosigho

#life-lessons #inspirational

Let the morrow bring on what it would, he thought, for it didn't exist. Only now could lay any claim to forever... ↗

— Tim Willocks

#philosophical-reflection #inspirational

For one to define and understand the nature of the universe, one must first understand the nature of the force behind its existence. ↗

— Reid A. Ashbaucher

#philosophy-of-religion #reid-ashbaucher #the-nature-of-god #change

The soul that acquires the virtue of forgiveness won't find any more trouble. No matter what happens, he will know how to run his life ... ↗

— Chico Xavier

#forgiveness