“Who is the Forgotten Man? He is the clean, quiet, virtuous, domestic citizen, who pays his debts and his taxes and is never heard of out of his little circle.” MenLittlesPayHeardCitizensQuietTaxesCleanForgottenDebtCirclesVirtuousForgetfulness Book:The Forgotten Man and Other Essays Source: The Forgotten Man and Other Essays
“When a social movement adopts the compromises of legislators, it has forgotten its role, which is to push and challenge the politicians, not fall in meekly behind them. We who protest...are not politicians. We are citizens. Whatever politicians may do, let them first feel the full force of citizens who speak for what is right, not for what is winnable, in a shamefully timorous Congress.” FeelsFirstsMayFallSpeakForceSocialChallengesBehindsRolesMovementCitizensPoliticianForgottenCongressCompromiseProtestLegislatorsSocial Movements Author:Howard Zinn
“Citizen's Band radio renders one accessible to a wide variety of people from all walks of life. It should not be forgotten that all walks of life include conceptual artists, dry cleaners, and living poets.” PeopleShouldArtistWalksPoetCitizensBandForgottenRadioWideVarietyDryCleanersWalks Of LifeDry Cleaners Book:The Fran Lebowitz Reader Source: The Fran Lebowitz Reader
“The sacred obligation to the Union soldiers must not - will not be forgotten nor neglected. But those who fought against the Nation cannot and do not look to it for relief. Confederate soldiers and their descendants are to share with us and our descendants the destiny of America. Whatever, therefore, we their fellow citizens can do to remove burdens from their shoulders and to brighten their lives is surely in the pathway of humanity and patriotism.” LooksAmericaLife IsHumanityNationsCan DoDestinyShareCitizensFellowsSacredUnionsForgottenSoldierBurdenShouldersObligationReliefRemoveNeglectedPathwaysDescendantsConfederateMagnanimity Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“The Platonists and their Christian successors held the peculiar notion that the Earth was tainted and somehow nasty, while the heavens were perfect and divine. The fundamental idea that the Earth is a planet, that we are citizens of the Universe, was rejected and forgotten.” IdeasEarthChristianUniverseHeavenPerfectDivinePlanetsCitizensFundamentalsNotionForgottenPeculiarRejectedNastySuccessorsTainted Book:Cosmos Source: Cosmos
“If citizens wish to retain their liberty, they cannot assume that those who seek power over them are honest. Skepticism of government is one of the most important-and most forgotten-bulwarks of freedom.” IfsImportantGovernmentWishLibertyHonestCitizensAssumingForgottenSkepticism Author:James Bovard