“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.” — conservationist, Aldo Leopold …

“The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.” –- Winston Churchill …

“…the issue of “torture” is not really about interrogation techniques. It is about a pandemic of corruption that ensues when the rule of law is weakened.” — Alex Gibney, from his “Director’s Statement” for Taxi to the Darkside …

“…every new generation is being taught to obey its leaders’ commands to pray, to pay, to vote. No one should expect this movement to collapse, or even falter, anytime soon. Disciplined, resilient, impervious to setbacks, and determined to succeed, it will continue to make its mark American politics and the culture at large.” — Sarah Posner …

“The worst suffering in human history has been carried out by those who preach such grand utopian visions, those who seek to implant by force, their narrow, particular version of goodness.” — Chris Hedges …

“Justice denied anywhere diminishes justice everywhere.” -– Martin Luther King Jr …

“The walls, the bars, the guns and the guards can never encircle or hold down the idea of the people.” – Huey Newton

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“Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.” — Eldridge Cleaver …

“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.” — Martin Luther King Jr. …

“The labor movement means just this: It is the last noble protest of the American people against the power of incorporated wealth.” — Wendell Phillips …