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Posting topical quotes.
Posting topical quotes.
“If you feed the poor, you’re a saint. If you ask why they’re poor, you’re a Communist.”
Dorothy Day
Dorothy Day
January 2, 2026 at 2:35 PM
“If you feed the poor, you’re a saint. If you ask why they’re poor, you’re a Communist.”
Dorothy Day
Dorothy Day
“There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
January 1, 2026 at 3:22 PM
“There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
“Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon...smart too late.”
Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson
December 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon...smart too late.”
Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson
“Toto did not really care whether he was in Kansas or the Land of Oz so long as Dorothy was with him; but he knew the little girl was unhappy, and that made him unhappy too.”
L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
December 30, 2025 at 9:03 PM
“Toto did not really care whether he was in Kansas or the Land of Oz so long as Dorothy was with him; but he knew the little girl was unhappy, and that made him unhappy too.”
L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
“The only way we'll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world. We are blood brothers to the people of Brazil, Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba -- yes Cuba too.”
Malcolm X
Malcolm X
December 28, 2025 at 3:42 AM
“The only way we'll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world. We are blood brothers to the people of Brazil, Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba -- yes Cuba too.”
Malcolm X
Malcolm X
“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
December 26, 2025 at 5:33 AM
“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.”
John Lennon
John Lennon
December 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
“You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us. And the world will live as one.”
John Lennon
John Lennon
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
December 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it--always.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
December 22, 2025 at 4:49 PM
“I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.”
Mahatma Gandhi
Mahatma Gandhi
“The tyranny of the executive power will come in its turn, but at a more distant period.”
Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy In America
Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy In America
December 21, 2025 at 5:44 AM
“The tyranny of the executive power will come in its turn, but at a more distant period.”
Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy In America
Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy In America
“One lie has the power to tarnish a thousand truths.”
Al David
Al David
December 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“One lie has the power to tarnish a thousand truths.”
Al David
Al David
“War, in its fairest form, implies a perpetual violation of humanity and justice.”
Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
December 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“War, in its fairest form, implies a perpetual violation of humanity and justice.”
Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“Are you a communist?"
"No I am an anti-fascist"
"For a long time?"
"Since I have understood fascism.”
Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls
"No I am an anti-fascist"
"For a long time?"
"Since I have understood fascism.”
Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls
December 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
“Are you a communist?"
"No I am an anti-fascist"
"For a long time?"
"Since I have understood fascism.”
Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls
"No I am an anti-fascist"
"For a long time?"
"Since I have understood fascism.”
Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls
“For every King is right in his own eyes and rests the blame to whoever he wishes to carry it.”
Oscar Auliq-Ice
Oscar Auliq-Ice
December 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
“For every King is right in his own eyes and rests the blame to whoever he wishes to carry it.”
Oscar Auliq-Ice
Oscar Auliq-Ice
“One love, one heart, one destiny.”
Bob Marley
Bob Marley
December 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
“One love, one heart, one destiny.”
Bob Marley
Bob Marley
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
December 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring
“Infirmity doth still neglect all office
Whereto our health is bound. We are not ourselves
When nature, being oppressed, commands the mind
To suffer with the body.”
William Shakespeare, King Lear
Whereto our health is bound. We are not ourselves
When nature, being oppressed, commands the mind
To suffer with the body.”
William Shakespeare, King Lear
December 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
“Infirmity doth still neglect all office
Whereto our health is bound. We are not ourselves
When nature, being oppressed, commands the mind
To suffer with the body.”
William Shakespeare, King Lear
Whereto our health is bound. We are not ourselves
When nature, being oppressed, commands the mind
To suffer with the body.”
William Shakespeare, King Lear
“Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
December 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
“Even in the mud and scum of things, something always, always sings.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Go back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!" So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
December 9, 2025 at 5:32 AM
“Go back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!" So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter.”
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
December 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are, what you can rise from, how you can still come out of it.”
Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou
“Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.”
Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight
Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight
December 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
“Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.”
Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight
Terry Pratchett, I Shall Wear Midnight
“Psycho Killer
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Run run run run run run run away”
Talking Heads. Psycho Killer
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Run run run run run run run away”
Talking Heads. Psycho Killer
December 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
“Psycho Killer
Qu'est-ce que c'est ?
fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run run run away”
Talking Heads. Psycho Killer
Qu'est-ce que c'est ?
fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa fa far better
Run run run run run run run away”
Talking Heads. Psycho Killer
“War is a crime dressed as politics.”
John O'Hare, Songs of Revolution: Poems against oppression
John O'Hare, Songs of Revolution: Poems against oppression
November 30, 2025 at 8:22 PM
“War is a crime dressed as politics.”
John O'Hare, Songs of Revolution: Poems against oppression
John O'Hare, Songs of Revolution: Poems against oppression
“Airports are a horrible place invented by leaf blowers.”
Fran Lebowitz
Fran Lebowitz
November 29, 2025 at 7:18 PM
“Airports are a horrible place invented by leaf blowers.”
Fran Lebowitz
Fran Lebowitz
"The Nuremberg Trial of the German war criminals was tacitly based on the recognition of the principle: criminal actions cannot be excused if committed on government orders; conscience supersedes the authority of the law of the state."
~ Albert Einstein
~ Albert Einstein
November 29, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"The Nuremberg Trial of the German war criminals was tacitly based on the recognition of the principle: criminal actions cannot be excused if committed on government orders; conscience supersedes the authority of the law of the state."
~ Albert Einstein
~ Albert Einstein