“In our obscurity there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere, to save us from ourselves.”
“In our obscurity there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere, to save us from ourselves.”
“You are under no obligation to be a test dummy for someone trying to develop depth.”
“You are under no obligation to be a test dummy for someone trying to develop depth.”
“The rich build ladders out of our bones and call it merit. They light cigars with forests and futures, then have the gall to say “you just didn’t try hard enough.” They throw parties in glass towers while the rest of us dig through ash, and call it a free market.”
“The rich build ladders out of our bones and call it merit. They light cigars with forests and futures, then have the gall to say “you just didn’t try hard enough.” They throw parties in glass towers while the rest of us dig through ash, and call it a free market.”
“When governments abandon the law, the people become the last line of defense.”
“When governments abandon the law, the people become the last line of defense.”
“Tearing down a statue is not erasing history. Putting a statue on the lands whose original caretaker you can’t name, is.”
“Tearing down a statue is not erasing history. Putting a statue on the lands whose original caretaker you can’t name, is.”
“There's a reason why you separate military and the police. One fights the enemy of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.”
- Commander William Adama
“There's a reason why you separate military and the police. One fights the enemy of the state, the other serves and protects the people. When the military becomes both, then the enemies of the state tend to become the people.”
- Commander William Adama
“How a government taxes its citizens is a direct declaration of a country’s values.”
“How a government taxes its citizens is a direct declaration of a country’s values.”
“Poverty exists because we can’t satisfy the rich.”
“Poverty exists because we can’t satisfy the rich.”
“Do not mock a pain you have not endured.”
“Do not mock a pain you have not endured.”
“You know it’s only temporary until we can get a handle on what’s really going on. . . said every would-be dictator who ever grabbed power.”
“You know it’s only temporary until we can get a handle on what’s really going on. . . said every would-be dictator who ever grabbed power.”
If the penalty for breaking the law is a fine, then that law only exists for the working class.
If the penalty for breaking the law is a fine, then that law only exists for the working class.
“True evil is when we surrender our freedoms, our dignity instead of defying.”
“True evil is when we surrender our freedoms, our dignity instead of defying.”
“Rage at injustice is universal. The ability to strike back is not.”
“Rage at injustice is universal. The ability to strike back is not.”
“Laws should not be the safeguard of our morality. Laws that allow you to diminish the humanity of anyone are not laws, they’re frameworks for a crime.”
“Laws should not be the safeguard of our morality. Laws that allow you to diminish the humanity of anyone are not laws, they’re frameworks for a crime.”
“The violence built into the system never counts as violence, but the violence of resistance is always considered violence.”
“The violence built into the system never counts as violence, but the violence of resistance is always considered violence.”
Everyone criticizes the poor for wanting to live, but no one criticizes the rich for wanting everything.
Do not confuse the reaction of the oppressed with the violence of the oppressor.
Everyone criticizes the poor for wanting to live, but no one criticizes the rich for wanting everything.
Do not confuse the reaction of the oppressed with the violence of the oppressor.
“We the weak and the powerless cannot change anything without making sacrifices. The swine that run this country need to see rivers flooded with the blood of the people, and the slaves that fill their bowls, all starve to death before they listen to our plight.”
“We the weak and the powerless cannot change anything without making sacrifices. The swine that run this country need to see rivers flooded with the blood of the people, and the slaves that fill their bowls, all starve to death before they listen to our plight.”
The violence built into the system never counts as violence, but the violence of resistance is always considered violence.
The violence built into the system never counts as violence, but the violence of resistance is always considered violence.
Liberty is a chance to build something better. A stronger, more prosperous home for our people.
It's not quick or easy work and it's never finished - but if you neglect it, then sooner or later you look up to find you've traded one tyrant for another.
Liberty is a chance to build something better. A stronger, more prosperous home for our people.
It's not quick or easy work and it's never finished - but if you neglect it, then sooner or later you look up to find you've traded one tyrant for another.
With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably. The first time anyone’s freedom is trodded on, we’re all damaged.
- Capt. Jean-Luc Picard
With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably. The first time anyone’s freedom is trodded on, we’re all damaged.
- Capt. Jean-Luc Picard