Inspiration

We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist. – Robert Jones Jr.

The ones that get taken, Qaddafi, Mussolini, Ceausescu. They’re always lesser than you think. At the end they’ll let you down Joe. – Civil War 2024

One thing about which fish know exactly nothing is water, since they have no anti-environment which would enable them to perceive the element they live in. — Marshall McLuhan

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out. Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out. Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out. Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me.

– Martin Niemöller

The act of deporting people who in many cases have left their own land for reasons of extreme poverty, insecurity, exploitation, persecution or serious deterioration of the environment, damages the dignity of many men and women, and of entire families, and places them in a state of particular vulnerability and defenselessness. – Pope Francis

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan. – John F. Kennedy