Words without actions are the assassins of idealism
— Herbert Hoover
Inherited economic power is as inconsistent with the ideals of this generation as inherited political power was inconsistent with the ideals of the generation which established our government
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Let the people think they govern and they will be governed
— William Penn
Industrial capitalism is a system of rule; it rules the people by gaining control over their means of subsistence. Economic development is the extension of this system of rule to every corner of the globe
— C Douglas Lummis
What men want is not knowledge, but certainty
— Bertrand Russell
Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of State and corporate power
— Benito Mussolini (disputed quote)
The crowd is untruth
— Soren Kierkegaard
The struggle of people against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting
— Milan Kundera
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The majority must resign itself to the consumption of fantasy. Illusions of wealth are sold to the poor, illusions of freedom to the oppressed, dreams of victory to the defeated and of power to the weak
— Eduardo Galeano
With a multitude of commodities grows the realm of alien things which enslave man
— Erich Fromm
On the issue of human freedom, if you assume that there's no hope, you guarantee there will be no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for freedom, that there are opportunities to change things, that hope is possible, there's a chance for you to contribute to making a better world. That's your choice