#the

One Christmas my father kept our tree up till March. He hated to see it go. I loved that. ↗

— Mo Rocca

#father #go #hated #i #kept

Why should the Negroes ever fight against the only nations of the world where racial discrimination is prohibited, and where the people can live freely? Never! I can assure you, they will never fight against either the Soviet Union or the peoples' democracies. ↗

— Paul Robeson

#assure #democracies #discrimination #either #ever

The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant. ↗

— Maximilien Robespierre

#freedom #ignorant #keeping #lies #people

Terror is only justice: prompt, severe and inflexible; it is then an emanation of virtue; it is less a distinct principle than a natural consequence of the general principle of democracy, applied to the most pressing wants of the country. ↗

— Maximilien Robespierre

#consequence #country #democracy #distinct #general

Atheism is aristocratic; the idea of a great Being that watches over oppressed innocence and punishes triumphant crime is altogether popular. ↗

— Maximilien Robespierre

#aristocratic #atheism #being #crime #great

At that time, people wanted to be frightened. The Thing had come out, The Day the Earth Stood Still had come out, and these were all frightening movies. ↗

— Ann Robinson

#day #earth #frightened #frightening #had

I almost feel like Mars has been taking care of me for all of these years. ↗

— Ann Robinson

#been #care #feel #i #like

Who should have spent their money on a brain implant? ↗

— Anne Robinson

#implant #money #should #spent #their

I didn't want to be told what to do. I don't want to water down my music to fit into their formats. I know what rock and roll is to me, but everything's turning into one big commercial. ↗

— Chris Robinson

#commercial #down #everything #fit #formats

In brief, egoism in its modern interpretation, is the antithesis, not of altruism, but of idealism. ↗

— John Buchanan Robinson

#antithesis #brief #egoism #idealism #interpretation