“I have asserted the right of Negroes to meet the violence of the Ku Klux Klan by armed self-defense — and have acted on it. It has always been an accepted right of Americans, as the history of our Western states proves, that where the law is unable, or unwilling, to enforce order, the citizens can, and must act in self-defense against lawless violence.” SelfStatesLawOrderViolenceCitizensProveWesternDefenseAcceptedUnwillingSelf DefenseKu Klux Klan Author:Robert F. Williams
“The real transgression occurs when religion wants government to tell citizens how to live uniquely personal parts of their lives. The failure of Prohibition proves the futility of such an attempt when a majority or even a substantial minority happens to disagree. Some questions may be inherently individual ones, or people may be sharply divided about whether they are. In such cases, like Prohibition and abortion, the proper role of religion is to appeal to the conscience of the individual, not the coercive power of the state.” PeopleWantMayRealStatesGovernmentHappensIndividualRolesCasesCitizensProveConscienceMajorityAppealsAbortionMinoritiesDividedDisagreeProhibitionFutilityTransgression Author:Edward Kennedy
“I am a naturalized U.S. citizen, which means that, unlike native-born citizens, I had to prove to the U.S. government that I merited citizenship.” MeanGovernmentBornCitizensProveNativeCitizenship Author:Bharati Mukherjee
“Human beings are hardwired by however many millions or billions of years to orient toward their own survival. That's why we're tribal people. That's why we're prejudiced people. That's why we treat women as second-class citizens, that's why we are homophobic, and that's why we make religion a weapon to prove we're superior to other people.” PeopleYearsHumansHuman BeingsClassMillionsCitizensProveWeaponsSurvivalTreatsBillionsSuperiorsHomophobicSecond Class Citizens Author:John Shelby Spong
“Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule—and both commonly succeed, and are right.” TryingWarPoliticalPoliticsEnergyFreedomPartyLibertyDemocracyEconomicCitizensPoliticianSucceedProveVoteChiefsVotingAnti WarAntiwarPolitical PartiesDemocracies HaveRight To VoteVoting And DemocracyElections And VotingVoting DayMinority Report Author:H. L. Mencken
“If my theory of relativity is proven successful, Germany will claim me as a German and France will declare me a citizen of the world. Should my theory prove untrue, France will say that I am a German, and Germany will declare that I am a Jew.” IfsWorldInspirationalShouldSpiritualScienceSuccessfulTheoryCitizensProveRacismClaimsJewMathematicalFranceGermanyProvenRelativityUntrueWorld CitizenScience PhysicsTheories Of Relativity Author:Albert Einstein