“All we can ever do in the way of good to people is to encourage them to do good to themselves.”~Randolph Bourne American writer and intellectual Randolph Bourne was born on this day in 1886.
“All we can ever do in the way of good to people is to encourage them to do good to themselves.”~Randolph Bourne American writer and intellectual Randolph Bourne was born on this day in 1886.
“A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.”~Ruth Bader Ginsburg American lawyer, jurist, and associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born on this day in 1933.
“I believe that government is for the use of the people, and not the people for the use of the government.”~Gerrit Smith American social reformer, abolitionist, businessman, politician, public intellectual, and philanthropist Gerrit Smith was born on this day in 1797.
“The power under the Constitution will always be in the people.”~George Washington American Founding Father and first President of the United States, George Washington, was born on this day in 1732.
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”~Abraham Lincoln American lawyer, politician, and 16th United States president, Abraham Lincoln was born on this day in 1809.
“I try to support groups that are about educating people about different races, different religions, different cultures, and different situations so that we can break down the barriers of prejudice and bigotry.”~Loretta Sanchez American politician Loretta Sanchez was born on this day in 1960.
“The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.”~Anita Roddick British businesswoman, human rights activist, and environmental campaigner Anita Roddick was born on this day in 1942.
“The origin of all power is in the people, and they have an incontestable right to check the creatures of their own creation.”~Mercy Otis Warren American activist poet, playwright, and American Revolution pamphleteer Mercy Otis Warren was born on this day in 1728.
“Negative people present us with an accelerated personal growth opportunity.”~Gail Godwin American novelist and short story writer Gail Godwin was born on this day in 1937.
“Traveling around I don’t think people are that horrible, I think they just don’t know.”~Kathy Acker American experimental novelist, playwright, essayist, and postmodernist writer Kathy Acker was born on this day in 1947.
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