Quotes Library

October 16, 2025

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.

Frederick Douglass (1818 – 1895), American abolitionist and orator, in the New Yorker, May 5, 2025, p. 8

Assume this is the gospel truth, how ready are you to proclaim it?

If this statement were part of a car, it would be where the rubber meets the road.

July 21, 2025

7 months ago

People of privilege will always risk their complete destruction rather than surrender any material part of their advantage.

September 11, 2025

6 months ago

People who want to understand democracy should spend less time in the library with Aristotle and more time on buses and in the subway.

September 26, 2025

5 months ago

It is better to abolish serfdom from above than to wait for it to abolish itself from below.

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