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I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of nuclear destruction. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality.

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he cannot sit on it.

- William Ralph Inge

Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.

- Abraham Lincoln

Segregation was wrong when it was forced by white people, and I believe it is still wrong when it is requested by black people.

- Coretta Scott King

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

- Mark Twain

War is an invention of the human mind. The human mind can invent peace with justice.

- Norman Cousins

In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?

- Augustine of Hippo

Without education, you're not going anywhere in this world.

- Malcolm X

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

- John F. Kennedy

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

- George Bernard Shaw

Where all think alike, no one thinks very much.

- Walter Lippmann

What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane?

- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis

The price of greatness is responsibility.

- Winston Churchill

What good is a house, if you haven't got a decent planet to put it on?

- Henry David Thoreau

Always forgive your enemies. Nothing annoys them more.

- Oscar Wilde