Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can
change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead
Being afraid of monolithic organizations
especially when they have computers, is like being
afraid of really big gorillas especially when they are on fire.
Bruce Sterling, CFP '94
Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the
powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.
Paulo Freire, educator (1921-1997)
It is error alone which needs the support of government.
Truth can stand by itself.
Thomas Jefferson
god forbid we should ever be twenty years without such
a rebellion . . . the tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to
time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. it is it's natural manure.
Thomas Jefferson, writing to William Smith (1755-1816)
appearing to welcome Shays' Rebellion
A little rebellion is a good thing now and then.
Thomas Jefferson
Anarchy, it is not the law, it is just a good idea.
Paxus Calta
"All I want is peace on earth, good will toward men."
"We're the United States Government. We don't do that sort of thing!"
from the movie Sneakers
It's not the voting that's Democracy, it's the counting.
Tom Stoppard (1972)
One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Somebody has to do something, and it's just incredibly pathetic that it has
to be us.
Jerry Garcia
We are people of this generation, bred in at least modest
comfort, housed now in universities, looking uncomfortably
to the world we inherit . . . . if we appear to seek the
unattainable, then let it be known that we do so to avoid
the unimaginable.
the Port Huron Statement, 11-June-1962,
Students for a Democratic Society)
The U.S. Constitution may not be perfect,
but it's better than what we've got now.
Sandy Shaw
They're just rules.... They're written in a book, not carved in stone.
And even if they were in stone, so what? A bunch of us just made them up.
Grand Nagus Gint to Quark, Deep Space 9
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