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If we have the courage and tenacity of our forebears, who stood firmly like a rock against the lash of slavery, we shall find a way to do for our day what they did for theirs.

Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955)

Mary McLeod Bethune

Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms of discipline.

Michel Foucault (1926-1984)

Michel Foucault

So when that Angel of the darker Drink At last shall find you by the river-brink, And, offering his Cup, invite your Soul Forth to your Lips to to quaff - you shall not shrink

Omar Khayyam (1048-1131)

Do not suppress it-that would hurt you inside. Do not express it-this would not only hurt you inside, it would cause ripples in your surroundings. What you do is transform it.

Peace Pilgrim (1908-1981)

Peace Pilgrim

If there is one place on the face of earth where all the dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.

Romain Rolland (1866-1944)

Romain Rolland

A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort.

Sydney Smith (1771-1845)

Sydney Smith

Med undantag för självbevarandets instinkt är benägenheten för efterapning sannolikt den starkaste och mest påpassliga och ihärdiga av de ekonomiska motiv som tillhör.

With the exception of the instinct of self-preservation, the propensity for emulation is probably the strongest and most alert and persistent of the economic motives proper

Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929)

My work is magnified by the fact that the streets of heaven are too crowded with angels / we know their names, they number a thousand for each red ribbon we wear here tonight.

Tom Hanks (1956-)

Tom Hanks

Worst of all, it is women who usually have to do, usually alone, all the dirty work of the kitchen and household, work that is unimportant, hard, tiresome, and soul-destroying

Vladimir Iljitj Lenin (1870-1924)

Vladimir Iljitj Lenin

We must not indulge in unfavorable views of mankind, since by doing it we make bad men believe they are no worse than others, and we teach the good that they are good in vain.

Walter Winchell (1897-1972)

Walter Winchell

The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult ethical controversies of the day.

William Bennett (1943-)

William Bennett

The poor taxpayer may wipe his shoes on a $3 doormat when he goes home, but not the Navy. It is, damn the cost, full feet ahead on a doormat you would be ashamed to get muddy.

William Proxmire (1915-)

William Proxmire

It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.

Zora Neale Hurston (1903-1960)

Zora Neale Hurston

Det som britterna aldrig måste tro om sig själva är att de är bra på sporter, starka i motgångar men dåliga i sängen. Det är en myt skapad av avundsjuka utlänningar.

What the British must never believe about themselves is that they are good at games, strong in adversity, but lousy in bed. It is a myth invented by jealous foreigners.

Gerald McKnight

Usa skryter om sitt politiska system, men presidenten säger en sak under valet, något helt annat när han installeras, något annat i omvalet och nåt annat när han avgår.

The United States brags about its political system, but the President says one thing during the election, something else when he takes office, something else at midterm and something else when he leaves.

Deng Xiaoping (1904-1997)

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