“Knowledge of the truth strengthens its laws, more than punishment. An evil known can be avoided in the future. Yet, it is difficult for a society to protect itself against actions taken in secret.” — Glenn L. Carle …

“Group conformity scares the pants off me because it’s so often a prelude to cruelty towards anyone who doesn’t want to – or can’t – join the Big Parade.” — Bette Midler
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“Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle.” — Martin Luther King Jr. …

“Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the former.” — Horace Mann …

“As my sufferings mounted I soon realized that there were two ways in which I could respond to my situation — either to react with bitterness or seek to transform the suffering into a creative force. I decided to follow the latter course.” — Martin Luther King Jr. …

“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” — Galileo Galilei …

“As we come marching, marching, we bring the Greater Days —
The rising of the women means the rising of the race —
No more the drudge and idler — ten that toil where one reposes —
But a sharing of life’s glories: Bread and Roses, Bread and Roses.”

— From the James Oppenheim poem about the 1912 Lawrence, Massachusetts strike:

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“Poverty is the worst form of violence.” — Mohandas Gandhi …

“In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt …

“Silence never won rights. They are not handed down from above; they are forced by pressures from below.” — Roger Baldwin …