Category Archives: Quotable Notables

Quotable: Confucius on poverty and wealth

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Sabina Becker
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Quotable: Joe Hill on general strikes

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Sabina Becker
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Quotable: B. Lester on hoarding

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Sabina Becker

“If a man has an apartment stacked to the ceiling with newspapers we call him crazy. If a woman has a trailer house full of cats we call her nuts. But when people pathologically hoard so much cash that they … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Adam Smith said WHAT?

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Sabina Becker

“The subjects of every state ought to contribute toward the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to …the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Johan Galtung on the Oslo massacres

Posted on July 29, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Democracy Now interviews a man who understands a thing or two about the dangers of fascism and the need for nonviolent conflict resolution: Johan Galtung — sociologist, author, activist…and, by eerie coincidence, grandfather of one of the survivors of the … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Noam Chomsky on student activism and anarchism

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Sabina Becker

“Anarchists try to identify power structures. They urge those exercising power to justify themselves. This justification does not succeed most of the time. Then anarchists work at unmasking and mastering the structures, whether they involve patriarchal families, a Mafia international … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Eduardo Galeano on what matters and what does not

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Sabina Becker

The Uruguayan writer, recently interviewed during demonstrations in Barcelona, Spain, where he joined young Spanish revolutionaries in the streets. In his gentle way he rips the guts out of capitalism and corruption, and gets to the heart of matters in … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Simón Rodríguez on the importance of questioning everything

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Sabina Becker

“Enseñe los niños a ser preguntones, para que, pidiendo el por qué, de lo que se les mande hacer, se acostumbren a obedecer… a la razón, no a la autoridad, como los limitados, ni a la costumbre, como los estúpidos.” … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Irving Layton on Canadian poets

Posted on May 28, 2011 by Sabina Becker

“In this country the poet has always had to fight for his survival. He lives in a middle-class milieu whose values of money-getting, respectability, and success are hostile to the kind of integrity and authenticity that is at the core … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Howard Zinn on the wisdom of hope

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Sabina Becker

“To be hopeful in bad times is not just foolishly romantic. It is based on the fact that human history is a history not only of cruelty, but also of compassion, sacrifice, courage, kindness. What we choose to emphasize in … Continue reading →

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