Sayings & Quotes

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'Oh God, That bread should be so dear And Flesh and blood so cheap.'
Thomas Hood.


'Lets be honest here. Every generation has had its own ugly reaction to refugees, whether they are the Irish, the Vietnamese, the Cubans or the Haitans, & those fears have been broadly unfounded.
In fact there was only one time in American history when the fear of refugees wiping everyone out did actually come true & weÔÇÖll all be sitting at a table celebrating it on Thursday.'
John Oliver

"In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience."

"America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilisation in between."

"In America the President reigns for four years, and journalism governs for ever and ever."
Oscar Wilde


"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful and committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
Margaret Mead


'I refuse to believe the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism & war that the bright daybreak of peace & brotherhood can never become a reality...I believe that unarmed truth & unconditional love will have the final word.'
Martin Luther King


'The Seven deadly sins.
Food, Clothing, firing, rent, taxes, respectability, and children
Nothing can lift those seven millstones from mans neck but money and the spirit cannot soar until the millstones are lifted. ÔÇØ
George Bernard Shaw



"I was forced, through seeing the error of their foundation, to abandon all belief in every religion which had been taught to man. But my religious feelings were immediately replaced by the spirit of universal charity ÔÇö not for a sect, or a party, or for a country or a colour ÔÇö but for the human race, and with a real and ardent desire to do good.

Is it not the interest of the human race, that everyone should be so taught and placed, that he would find his highest enjoyment to arise from the continued practice of doing all in his power to promote the well-being, and happiness, of every man, woman, and child, without regard to their class, sect, party, country or colour?

My life was not useless; I gave important truths to the world, and it was only for want of understanding that they were disregarded. I have been ahead of my time."

Deathbed statement (November 1858), in response to a church minister who asked if he regretted wasting his life on fruitless projects; as quoted in Harold Hill : A People's History



"Train any population rationally, and they will be rational. Furnish honest and useful employments to those so trained, and such employments they will greatly prefer to dishonest or injurious occupations. It is beyond all calculation the interest of every government to provide that training and that employment; and to provide both is easily practicable.

It is confidently expected that the period is at hand, when man, through ignorance, shall not much longer inflict unnecessary misery on man; because the mass of mankind will become enlightened, and will clearly discern that by so acting they will inevitably create misery to themselves."
Robert Owen