“Perhaps Bush’s speeches about bringing democracy to Iraq made people in the US feel better about the war. But the US has only replaced Saddam’s secular tyranny with an Islamist tyranny. Iraqi women are paying the heaviest price for this and genuine democracy is still a distant dream.” — Houzan Mahmoud …

“Action wedded to analysis becomes redemptive movement.” — Michael Eric Dyson from “Debating Race” …

“You can chain me, you can torture me, you can even destroy this body, but you will never imprison my mind.” – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi …

“Sometimes I think this whole world is one big prison yard. Some of us are prisoners, the rest of us are guards.” — Bob Dylan …

“History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.” — David C. McCullough …

”Any dictator would admire the uniformity and obedience of the U.S. media.” — Noam Chomsky …

“Allow the President to invade a neighboring nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary to repel an invasion, and … you allow him to make war at pleasure.” — Abraham Lincoln
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“During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable, even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism.” — Howard Thurman …

“It’s a journalist’s job to be a witness to history. We’re not there to worry about ourselves. We’re there to try and get as near as we can, in an imperfect world, to the truth and get the truth out.” — Robert Fisk …

“Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny.” — Huey Newton
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