Quotes

The only difference is that the stress and the violence is worse at home, because it happens younger, it happens at the hands of someone you love and there is no recognition that this is the enemy
— Gloria Steinem
Liberty does not consist in mere declarations of the rights of man. It consists in the translation of those declarations into definite action
— Woodrow Wilson
I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunites...if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die
— Nelson Mandela
Rape is a form of mass terrorism...The fear of rape keeps women off the streets at night. Keeps women at home. Keeps women passive and modest for fear that they be thought provocative
— Susan Griffin
Since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed
— Constitution of UNESCO
The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance
— John Philpot Curran
All those who are not racially pure are mere chaff
— Adolf Hitler
Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist
— Edmund Burke
Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but, when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all
— Aristotle
Many people consider the things which government does for them to be social progress, but they consider the things government does for others as socialism
— Earl Warren
It seems to me it only takes a bit of thought to realize that if wars came out of human nature, out of a spontaneous urge to kill, then why is it that governments have to go to such tremendous lengths to mobilize the populations to go to war? It seems too obvious doesn't it? They really have to work at it. They have to dredge up an enormous number of reasons.
— Howard Zinn
I do not believe we should stand neutrally between good and evil, right and wrong, aggressor and victim
— Martin Bell BBC Correspondent
I have a dream that one day...children will not be judged by the colour of their skin, but by the content of their character
— Dr Martin Luther King Jnr
Nothing is more costly, nothing is more sterile, than vengeance
— Winston Churchill
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery. None but ourselves can free our minds
— Bob Marley