“Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.”~John Selden English jurist John Selden was born on this day in 1584.
“Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.”~John Selden English jurist John Selden was born on this day in 1584.
“It will be said, however, that protection tends to destroy commerce, the civilizer of mankind. Directly the reverse, however, is the fact.”~Henry Charles Carey American publisher, political economist, and politician Henry Charles Carey was born on this day in 1793.
“No one understood better than Stalin that the true object of propaganda is neither to convince nor even to persuade, but to produce a uniform pattern of public utterance in which the first trace of unorthodox thought immediately reveals itself as a jarring dissonance.”~Alan Bullock British historian Alan Bullock was born on this day in … Continue reading Random Quote for December 13, 2025
“We have to ensure that everybody’s voice is heard equally, or nobody’s will be.”~David Hogg American gun control activist David Hogg was born on this day in 2000.
“An industry that cannot pay its workers a decent living wage has no right to exist.”~Fiorello H. La Guardia American attorney and politician Fiorello H. La Guardia was born on this day in 1882.
“With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.”~William Lloyd Garrison American abolitionist, journalist, and social reformer William Lloyd Garrison was born on this day in 1805.
“Everywhere you will find that the wealth of the wealthy springs from the poverty of the poor.”~Peter Kropotkin Russian anarchist and geographer Peter Kropotkin was born on this day in 1842.
“Protest is, at its core, designed to move policy.”~Joy Reid American political commentator and television host Joy Reid was born on this day in 1968.
“Education has in America’s whole history been the major hope for improving the individual and society.”~Gunnar Myrdal Swedish economist and sociologist Gunnar Myrdal was born on this day in 1898.
“I react very badly when mediocrity throws a tantrum of entitlement.”~Lee Siegel American writer and cultural critic Lee Siegel was born on this day in 1957.
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