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“In highly charged political matters, one person's ambiguity may be another person's truth.”

“We're all fucked. I'm fucked. You're fucked. The whole department's fucked. It's been the biggest cock-up ever and we're all completely fucked.”

“We have six of the most distinguished people in the field on the committee, but you'll just have to take my word for it because I'm not allowed to disclose their names.”

“When you are in the future, the past looks different.”

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"So we say—we always say in the that they can do anything they want to to us. We might not be back. I might be in jail. I might be anywhere. But when I leave, you’ll remember I said, with the last word…"

— Fred Hampton

Social Activism1948–1969

#change

"As Ban Ki-moon has repeatedly said, ‘the world is over-armed and peace is under-funded’. A major shift in priorities is vital for both States and peoples."

— Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

Law1947

#Human Nature

"And you know in reality, England has had this coming for a long time....Look, they have opened their borders to so many refugees, they have done away with the personal protections, of their own people…"

— Chuck Holton

Military1969

#family

"You said, "They're harmless dreamers and they're loved by the people." — "What," I asked you, "is harmless about a dreamer, and what," I asked you, "is harmless about the love of the people? — Revolut…"

— Tennessee Williams

Literature1911–1983

#love