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Famous Quotes of the day

The war is but a symptom of a far deeper malady within the American spirit. In the words of the late John F. Kennedy, 'Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.'

Martin Luther King, Jr. 1967

The selective disregard for international law by the United States in the context of the 'war on terror' has enormous influence over the rest of the world. When the US commits serious human rights violations it sends a signal to abusive governments that these practices are permissible. This is why Guantanamo Bay is so important: it tells other governments that they can commit human rights violations in the name of counter-terrorism too.

Amnesty International: AMR 51/029/2006

Bodily exercize, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.

Plato (428-348 BCE)

Free and responsible government by popular consent just can't exist without an informed public.

Bill Moyers

It is only the ignorant who despise education.

Publilius Syrus (~100 BCE)
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