"Never make a politician grant you a favour They will always want to control you forever."

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“Truth is the light So you never give up the fight.”

“If you get down and you quarrel everyday You're saying prayers to the devils, I say.”

“A hungry mob is an angry mob.”

“If you are the big tree We are the small axe Sharpened to cut you down Ready to cut you down”

“Get up, stand up: stand up for your rights! Get up, stand up: don't give up the fight!”

“One good thing about music, when it hits you feel no pain.”

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— Subcomandante Marcos

Military1957

#love

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— Alistair Cooke

Journalism1908–2004

#ethics

"Anas reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "No young man honours an old man on account of his age without Allah decreeing for him one who will honour him…"

— Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

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