“Neo-liberalism is over: as an ideology, as an economic model. Get used to it and move on. The task of working out what comes after is urgent. Those who want to impose social justice and sustainability on globalized capitalism have a once-in-a-century chance.” — Paul Mason, from Meltdown: The End of the Age of Greed. …

“We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears.” — Francois duc de la Rochefoucauld …

“I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country. Corporations have been enthroned, an era of corruption in high places will follow, and the money-power of the country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the people until the wealth is aggregated in a few hands and the Republic is destroyed.” – Abraham Lincoln …

“Forbid a man to think for himself or to act for himself and you may add the joy of piracy and the zest of smuggling to his life.” — Elbert Hubbard …

“Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy, and mutual valuing.” — Rollo May …

“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.” — Isaac Asimov …

“The thing about performance, even if it’s only an illusion, is that it is a celebration of the fact that we do contain within ourselves infinite possibilities.” — Sydney Smith …

“Just as a man would not cherish living in a body other than his own, so do nations not like to live under other nations, however noble and great the latter may be.” — Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi …

“No man suffers injustice without learning, vaguely but surely, what justice is.” — Isaac Rosenfeld. …

“As nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be aware of change in the air however slight, lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness.” — Justice William O. Douglas …