Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs only to the people who prepare for it today.
—Malcolm X, 1964
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Oh, democracy! Whither are you leading us?
—Aristophanes, 414 BCYou have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.
—Aristophanes, c. 424 BCThe land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
—The BibleIndustrialism is the religion with “the machine” as the god going to answer all the prayers. Communism and capitalism were just competing sects.
—Dora Russell, 1983The money we have is the means to liberty; that which we pursue is the means to slavery.
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau, c. 1770I have often said that if I wish to name-drop, I have only to list my ex-friends.
—Norman Podhoretz, 1999Resorting to the law to resolve a dispute is a declaration of spiritual bankruptcy.
—Quentin Crisp, 1984Plough deep while sluggards sleep.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1758In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made school boards.
—Mark Twain, 1897There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.
—Oscar Wilde, 1891Shamelessness is the shame of being without shame.
—Mencius, c. 290 BCThe body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body.
—Anaïs Nin, 1935