Every one of the great revolutionists, from Isaiah to Shelley, have been optimists. They have been indignant, not about the badness of… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
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If you look at the statistics regarding Native Americans, you will see that most of the tribes since the 70s have improved… — Leonard Peltier Copy Share Image
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Black women, historically, have been doubly victimized by the twin immoralities of Jim Crow and Jane Crow. ... Black women, faced with… — Pauli Murray Copy Share Image
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Fishing has been styled 'a contemplative man's recreation,' ... and science is only a more contemplative man's recreation. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The models that have been constructed agree that when, as has been predicted, the level of carbon dioxide or its equivalent in… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
The bigger-is-better form of evangelism may have passed, .. The emerging generation has been so advertised, media-tised and oversold that the smaller,… — Craig Detweiler Copy Share Image
Richard Nixon clearly broke the law in the cover up of Watergate and hush money payments. That was all criminal activity. With… — Seymour Hersh Copy Share Image
Women are more than half of our globe, more than half of our promise and potential. And we have been not only… — Sally Kohn Copy Share Image
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