philosopher Quotes
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The country was founded on the principle that primary role of government is to protect property from the majority, and so it remains.
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Let the ruling classes tremble at a communist revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Workingmen of all countries, unite!
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I don’t favor violence. If we could bring about recognition and respect of our people by peaceful means, well and good. Everybody would like to reach his objectives peacefully. But I’m also a realist. The only people in this country who are asked to be nonviolent are black people.
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Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.
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It is a time for martyrs now, and if I am to be one, it will be for the cause of brotherhood. That’s the only thing that can save this country.
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The measure of a country’s greatness should be based on how well it cares for its most vulnerable populations.
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It is in the interest of tyrants to reduce the people to ignorance and vice. For they cannot live in any country where virtue and knowledge prevail.
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Freedom of the press is a precious privilege that no country can forego.
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We can change the world one thought at a time, one child at a time, one family at a time, one community at a time, one city, one state and one country at a time.
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Ignorance of the law is no excuse in any country. If it were, the laws would lose their effect, because it can always be pretended.