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Quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

“Equality, because without it there can be no liberty.”

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a French philosopher, writer, and composer, considered one of the most important figures of the Enlightenment. His works have had a profound impact on subsequent literature, political, and social theories. more

“Sometimes, when asked the what-do-you-do question, it occurs to me to say that I work for the government. I have a government job, essential to national security. I AM A CITIZEN. Like the Supreme Court judges, my job is for life, and the well-being of my country depends on me. It seems fair to think that I should be held accountable for my record in the same way I expect accountability from those who seek elected office. I would like to be able to say that I can stand on my record and am proud of it.”

“There are some natures which never grow large enough to speak out and say a bad act is a bad act, until they have inquired into the politics or the nationality of the man who did it.”

Men Enough Speak Grows He Man Nationality Speaks Out

Book:Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations

Source: Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations

“The function of the press is very high. It is almost holy. It ought to serve as a forum for the people, through which the people may know freely what is going on. To misstate or suppress the news is a breach of trust.”

People Knows May Ought Holy News Function Presses Forums Breach Breach Of Trust

Author:Louis D. Brandeis

“We are now in a position to understand the anti-Semite. He is a man who is afraid. Not of the Jews, to be sure, but of himself, of his own consciousness, of his liberty, of his instincts, of his responsibilities, of solitariness, of change, of society, and of the world of everything except the Jews.”

Men World Consciousness Responsibility Liberty Position Instinct Jew

Author:Jean-Paul Sartre

“The cards always look different when it's your turn to play them; loaded with subtly different possibilities.”

Looks Different Play Turns Possibility Cards Loaded

Book:Revelation Space

Source: Revelation Space

“You can't become a billionaire stepping over children sleeping on the street.”

Children Sleep Streets Billionaire

Book:The Speech: On Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class

Source: The Speech: On Corporate Greed and the Decline of Our Middle Class

“The old Catholic parties hounded me with a Christian hatred from station to station, city to city, one stage to another.”

Christian Party Cities Stage Hatred Catholic Stations

Author:Josephine Baker

“What am I most ashamed of in my life? Not keeping my promise to my sister and being too scared of America to attend her funeral.”

America Promise Scared Ashamed Funeral My Sister

Author:Josephine Baker

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