“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” — First Amendment of the Constitution …

“The day is coming when a single carrot, freshly observed will set off a revolution.” — Paul Cezanne …

“You can’t separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.” — Malcolm X in 1965 …

“Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.” — Rosa Luxemburg …

The states are not free, under the guise of protecting maternal health or potential life, to intimidate women into continuing pregnancies. ~Justice Harry A. Blackmun, Roe v. Wade, 22 January 1973 …

“The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations.” – David Friedman …

“Look at situations as contingent, not as inevitable, look at them as the result of a series of historical choices made by men and women, as facts of society made by human beings, and not as natural or god-given, therefore unchangeable, permanent, irreversible.” – Edward Said. …

“The pioneers of a warless world are the youth that refuse military service.” — Albert Einstein …

“The situation is so grim that we have no choice but to adopt and implement the slogan, “All at Once.” That is, we must pursue all the avenues of alternatives to petroleum for our energy needs at the same time.” — Dilip Hiro, from “Blood of the Earth” …

“The role of the revolutionary artist is to make revolution irresistible.” — Writer and Activist Toni Cade Bambara …