“Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is good; that everything is meaningful even if in a sense beyond our understanding; and that there is always tomorrow.” — Dorothy Thompson …

“The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago… had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands.” — Havelock Ellis …

“Peoples of the Americas are rising once again, saying no to imperialism, saying no to fascism, saying no to intervention — and saying no to death.” — Hugo Chavez …

“The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.” –- Louis Brandeis …

“When I gave food to the poor, they called me a saint. When I asked why the poor were hungry, they called me a communist.” — Dom Helder Camara …

“As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this.” — Paul Robeson …

“Race hate isn’t human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.” – Orson Welles …

“It is said that power corrupts, but actually it’s more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.” — David Brin …

“Anarchism, really stands for the liberation of the human mind from the dominion of religion; the liberation of the human body from the dominion of property; liberation from the shackles and restraint of government.” — Emma Goldman …

“To create one’s own world, in any of the arts, takes courage.” –- Georgia O’ Keefe …