“When an individual is protesting society’s refusal to acknowledge his dignity as a human being, his very act of protest confers dignity on him.” — Bayard Rustin …

“Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. …

“When we engaged those that we perceived were the enemy, we sometimes killed innocent civilians. Whenever we killed innocent civilians, instead of accepting responsibility for our conduct, we elected to hide behind the veil of national security and classified information in order to avoid any public accountability.” — Chelsea Manning …

“A feminist is anyone who recognizes the equality and full humanity of women and men.” — Gloria Steinem …

“The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.” — George Orwell …

“All I can say right now is the U.S. government is not going to be able to cover this up by jailing or murdering me. Truth is coming, and it cannot be stopped.” — Edward Snowden …

“In times of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” — George Orwell …

“Without a free press to expose and challenge it, surveillance will continue unabated in its many forms.” — Heidi Boghosian …

“There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights.” — Smedley Butler …

54 year old inmate Ronnie Dewberry, one of the strike leaders, who has adopted the name Sitawa Nantambu Jamaa, wrote to the Guardian newspaper, “From this day until the day I die I shall always be ready to keep fighting/struggling and liberating the mental chains from our people’s minds.” …