“Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens.” — Plato …

“If conservatives get to call universal health care “socialized medicine,” I get to call private health care “soulless vampires making money off human pain.” The problem with President Obama’s health care plan isn’t socialism, it’s capitalism.” — Bill Maher …

“The most unpardonable sin in society is independence of thought.” –- Emma Goldman …

“In every community there is work to be done. In every nation, there are wounds to heal. In every heart there is the power to do it.” — Marianne Williamson …

“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?” – Gandhi …

“All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.” — Aristotle …

“Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.” — Sigmund Freud …

“Compassion is the basis of morality.” — Arnold Schopenhauer …

“When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence.” — Ansel Adams …

“The role of an activist is not to navigate systems of oppressive power with as much integrity as possible, but rather to confront and take down those systems.” — Derrick Jensen …