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Under observation, we act less free, which means we effectively are less free. — Edward Snowden
We need the courage to face the truth about what we are doing in the world and act responsibly to change it. — Daniel Ellsberg
The courage we need is not the fortitude to be obedient in the service of an unjust war, to help conceal lies, to do our… — Daniel Ellsberg
We have so many priests who have gone half way … it’s sad that they did not manage to go the whole way; they have… — Pope Francis
The cardinals have elected me, a simple and humble worker in the Lords vineyard. The fact that the Lord can work and act even with… — Pope Benedict XVI
The Cross is the approbation of our existence, not in words, but in an act so completely radical that it caused God to become flesh… — Pope Benedict XVI
Global interconnectedness has led to the emergence of a new political power, that of consumers and their associations. It is good for people to realize… — Pope Benedict XVI
We all know that it is women who take the decisions, but we have to let men think that the decisions are theirs. It is… — Alexander McCall Smith
Daughters could survive a powerful mother, but boys found it almost impossible. Such boys were often severely damaged and spent the rest of their lives… — Alexander McCall Smith
Did Muddy Waters play an acoustic? Well of course he did. But did he turn his back on being able to plug it in and… — Billy Gibbons
You're only a success for the moment that you complete a successful act. — Phil Jackson
It is a world not of angels but of angles, where men speak of moral principles but act on power principles; a world where we… — Saul Alinsky
A revolution without a prior reformation would collapse or become a totalitarian tyranny. A reformation means that masses of our people have reached the point… — Saul Alinsky
The organizers first job is to create the issues or problems, and organizations must be based on many issues. The organizer must first rub raw… — Saul Alinsky
My only fixed truth is a belief in people, a conviction that if people have the opportunity to act freely and the power to control… — Saul Alinsky
They play it safe, are quick to assassinate what they do not understand. They move in packs ingesting more and more fear with every act… — Erykah Badu
There's definitely a world view among college students that appreciates the need to act in the international community. — Jeanne Shaheen
Power is the ability to define phenomena, and make it act in a desired manner. — Huey Newton
Learn to speak what you feel, and act what you speak. — Sathya Sai Baba
But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in… — Xavier Becerra
The phenomenological world is not the bringing to explicit expression of a pre-existing being, but the laying down of being. Philosophy is not the reflection… — Maurice Merleau-Ponty
No one in their right mind can say to me with a straight face that the Patriot Act has not aggregated the Fourth Amendment. — Peter Camejo
When I first became famous, I didn't know if I could go where I wanted to because I didn't know how people were going to… — Jill Scott
It is wrong to expect a reward for your struggles. The reward is the act of struggle itself, not what you win. Even though you… — Phil Ochs
What you believe matters, however. It’s all anyone has to act on. And since what you do is who you are, your actions define you.… — Russell Banks

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