Public Figure

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Literature

1918–2008

"Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience usually recognize also the voice of justice."

🇬🇧John Lennon

Music

1768–1846

"I was feeling insecure you might not love me anymore"

🇺🇸Glenn Beck

Business

b. 1964

"Free Press is a Marxist organization, and it— the FCC is now riddled with Free Press people. The White House, riddled with people that are taking phone calls from Free Press."

🇺🇸Jerry Falwell

Social Activism

1933–2007

"You've got to kill the terrorists before the killing stops and I am for the President—chase them all over the world, if it takes ten years, blow them all away in the name of the Lord."

Keshub Chunder Sen

Philosophy

1838–1884

"In carrying out the work of female education great impediments, some of them of an almost insuperable character, had to be overcome, and many defects had to be rectified."

🇺🇸Rosa Parks

Social Activism

1913–2005

"From my upbringing and the Bible I learned people should stand up for rights just as the children of Israel stood up to the Pharaoh."

🇮🇱Ayman Odeh

Politics

b. 1975

"You are weak people, only a country that isn’t normal acts this way. No apartheid law will erase the fact that in this homeland there are two nations."

🇫🇷Jean Genet

Literature

1910–1986

"To achieve harmony in bad taste is the height of elegance."

🇺🇸Clement Clarke Moore

Literature

1779–1863

"Urban Legends - Clement Clarke Moore: The Reluctant Mythmaker"

Aram Manukian

Politics

1879–1919

"Letter of Aram Manukian to General Nikolayev"

🇺🇸Azar Nafisi

Literature

b. 1948

"Every great work of art ... is a celebration, an act of insubordination against the betrayals, horrors and infidelities of life."

🇫🇷Brigitte Bardot

Music

1934–2025

"What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it."

🇳🇵Manisha Koirala

Politics

b. 1970

"People appreciating my performance is good enough for me. I don't care much for awards and have never given it much thought. And anyway, I can't play the games people play to win awards."

🇬🇧Jonathan Swift

Literature

1943–2010

"We are so fond of one another, because our ailments are the same."