#we

My father's generation gave to my generation a land of wealth and purpose and world economic dominance. ↗

— Paul Tsongas

#economic #father #gave #generation #land

I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves. ↗

— Harriet Tubman

#freed #i #knew #more #only

If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more. ↗

— Harriet Tubman

#could #freed #i #if i could #more

I had crossed the line. I was free; but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land. ↗

— Harriet Tubman

#free #freedom #had #i #land

Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism. ↗

— Barbara Tuchman

#balances #devices #diplomacy #during #fascism

Dwell upon the brightest parts in every prospect... and strive to be pleased with the present circumstances. ↗

— Abraham Tucker

#circumstances #dwell #every #parts #pleased

And capital punishment, however ineffective it may be and through whatever ignorance it may be resorted to, is a strictly defensive act, - at least in theory. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#capital #capital punishment #defensive #however #ignorance

Commanded love of all men indiscriminately is an obliteration of distinction between love and hate, and therefore is not love at all. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#commanded #distinction #hate #indiscriminately #love

One thing, however, is sure, - that in all cases the effort should be to impose all the cost of repairing the wrong upon the doer of the wrong. This alone is real justice, and of course such justice is necessarily free. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#cases #cost #course #doer #effort

The claim of the State Socialists, however, that this right would not be exercised in matters pertaining to the individual in the more intimate and private relations of his life is not borne out by the history of governments. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#claim #exercised #governments #his #history