Winston Churchill
June 17, 2009
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“It is no use saying, ‘We are doing our best.’ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary. ” — Winston Churchill
Tom Diaz, a researcher with the Violence Project in Washington
June 17, 2009
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“If you wanted to create a system that is basically legal but designed to facilitate gun trafficking, you couldn’t have a better system than you have here.” – Tom Diaz, a researcher with the Violence Project in Washington, on the flow of guns from the United States to Mexican drug cartels.
Marsha Levick, the legal director of the Juvenile Law Center
June 17, 2009
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“The judge’s whim is all that mattered in that courtroom. The law was basically irrelevant.” – Marsha Levick, the legal director of the Juvenile Law Center, on two Pennsylvania judges who sent thousands of juveniles to detention centers for $2.6 million in kickbacks.
Martin Luther King, Jr , civil-rights leader (1929-1968)
June 17, 2009
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“Life’s most urgent question is: what are you doing for others?” – Martin Luther King, Jr , civil-rights leader (1929-1968)
J. Nozipo Maraire
June 17, 2009
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“How I wished then that my body, too, if it had to droop and shrivel, for surely everyone’s did, would furl and decussate with grace to sculpt the victory of my spirit.” – J. Nozipo Maraire; Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter; Delta; 1997.
Dante Alighieri, poet (1265-1321)
June 17, 2009
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“He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it.” – Dante Alighieri, poet (1265-1321)
Jonathan Swift, satirist (1667-1745)
June 17, 2009
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“Whoe’er excels in what we prize / Appears a hero in our eyes.” – Jonathan Swift, satirist (1667-1745)
Leo Tolstoy, author (1828-1910)
June 17, 2009
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“As long as there are slaughterhouses there will be battlefields.” – Leo Tolstoy, author (1828-1910)
Jean Anouilh, dramatist (1910-1987)
“Every man thinks God is on his side. The rich and powerful know he is.” – Jean Anouilh, dramatist (1910-1987)
Francis Thompson; The Way of a Maid; c. 1890.
June 17, 2009
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“The lover whose soul shaken is
In some decuman billow of bliss.”
Francis Thompson; The Way of a Maid; c. 1890.
