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"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The..."

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 13:05:00 -0500

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”

- Joseph Goebbels (Reichsminister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany)

"The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot."

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:03:31 -0500

“The learning process is something you can incite, literally incite, like a riot.”

- Audre Lorde

"It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate..."

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:59:52 -0500

“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.”

- Audre Lorde

"What you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. Anger, not moral authority."

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:39:41 -0500

“What you hear in my voice is fury, not suffering. Anger, not moral authority.”

- Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider

"The oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors"

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:28:43 -0500

“The oppressed, instead of striving for liberation, tend themselves to become oppressors”

- Paulo Freire

"… Without a sense of identity, there can be no real struggle…"

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:24:19 -0500

““… Without a sense of identity, there can be no real struggle…””

- Paulo Freire (Pedagogy of the Oppressed)

"All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:31:58 -0500

“All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.”

- George Orwell

"In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:03:53 -0500

“In times of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.”

- George Orwell

"The pathos of it all is that the America which is to be protected by a huge military force is not..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:52:25 -0500

“The pathos of it all is that the America which is to be protected by a huge military force is not the America of the people, but that of the privileged class; the class which robs and exploits the masses, and controls their lives from the cradle to the grave. No less pathetic is it that so few people realize that preparedness never leads to peace, but that it is indeed the road to universal slaughter.”

- Emma Goldman

"There is nothing more frightening than active ignorance."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:51:38 -0500

“There is nothing more frightening than active ignorance.”

- Goethe

"A riot is the language of the unheard."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:49:18 -0500

“A riot is the language of the unheard.”

- Martin Luther King, Jr

"Question: What is truer than the truth? Answer: the story."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:45:28 -0500

“Question: What is truer than the truth?
Answer: the story.”

- Jewish saying:

"A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:17:47 -0500

“A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.”

- Edward Abbey

"I’d like to make an appeal in a special way to the men in the army. Brothers, each one of you..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:17:27 -0500

“I’d like to make an appeal in a special way to the men in the army. Brothers, each one of you is one of us. We are the same People. The farmers and peasants that you kill are your own brothers and sisters. When you hear the words of a man telling you to kill, think instead in the words of God, “Thou shalt not kill!” No soldier is obliged to obey an order contrary to the Law of God. In His name and in the name of our tormented people who have suffered so much, and whose laments cry out to heaven: I implore you! I beg you! I *order* you!”

- Archbishop Oscar Romero: Stop the repressions!

"Cowardice asks the question, ‘Is it safe?’ Expediency asks the question, ‘Is it..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:16:43 -0500

“Cowardice asks the question, ‘Is it safe?’ Expediency asks the question, ‘Is it politic?’ But conscience asks the question, ‘Is it right?’ And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular but because conscience tells one it is right.”

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:16:01 -0500

“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.”

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:15:40 -0500

“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

"If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:15:15 -0500

“If we don’t believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don’t believe in it at all.”

- Noam Chomsky

"Violence is initiated by those who oppress, who exploit, who fail to recognize others as persons-not..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:14:54 -0500

“Violence is initiated by those who oppress, who exploit, who fail to recognize others as persons-not by those who are oppressed, exploited and unrecognized.”

- Paulo Friere

"Washing one’s hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with..."

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:14:12 -0500

“Washing one’s hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral”

- Paulo Freire