“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.” — Frederick Douglass …

“Defeat was inevitable once the USA decided to stay in Iraq after April 2003. The goals that Bush and Blair set for themselves in Iraq – democracy, stability, security – may be reached one day. For the sake of the millions of Iraqis who have lost loved ones under the occupation, or who have been forced to flee abroad, one must hope so. But these goals can only be achieved by Iraqis. They cannot be …

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“Either war is obsolete or men are.” –- R Buckminster Fuller …

“Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It’s the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.” — Lily Tomlin …

“I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.” — Frida Kahlo …

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” — Martin Luther King Jr. …

“Politics is made up of two words: “Poli,” which is Greek for “many,” and “tics,” which are bloodsucking insects.” — Gore Vidal …

“The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the benefit of the public” — British essayist Samuel Johnson …

“An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed of retaliation. Justice is never advanced in the taking of a human life. Morality is never upheld by a legalized murder.” –Corretta Scott King …

“You can no more win a war than you can win an earthquake.” – first female member of Congress and lifelong pacifist, Jeanette Rankin …