“One out of three black men are in the criminal justice system in some form. Their despair is beginning to resonate through the entire culture; that is why suburban children want rap music.” MenWantChildrenFormCultureThreeBlackJusticeDespairRapCriminalsJustice SystemCriminal JusticeRap MusicCriminal Justice System Author:Robert Bly
“I myself have loved a lady and pursued her with a great deal of under-age protestation, whom some three or four gallants that have enjoyed would with all their hearts have been glad to have been rid of. 'Tis just like a summer birdcage in a garden: the birds that are without despair to get in, and the birds that are within despair and are in a consumption for fear they shall never get out.” HeartHas BeensAgeThreeFearJusticeDealsFourDespairSummerBirdGardenGladEnjoyedConsumptionPursued Author:John Webster
“Men without hope, resigned to despair and oppression, do not make revolutions. It is when expectation replaces submission, when despair is touched with the awareness of possibility, that the forces of human desire and the passion for justice are unloosed.” MenHumansDesirePassionForceJusticeAwarenessPossibilityRevolutionDespairExpectationsOppressionTouchedSubmissionWithout HopeResigned Book:Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy Source: Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy
“The struggle to create a nation and world of economic and social justice and environmental sanity is not an easy one. The struggle to try and create a more peaceful world will be extremely difficult. But this I know: despair is not an option if we care about our kids and grandchildren. Giving up is not an option if we want to prevent irreparable harm to our planet.” IfsKnowsWorldWantGivingTryingCareKidsNationsSocialEasyDifficultJusticeStruggleEconomicPlanetsDespairGiving UpSocial JusticeEnvironmentalHarmPeacefulSanityGrandchildrenOur PlanetGiving Up Is Not An OptionPeaceful WorldEconomic JusticeIrreparableIrreparable Harm Author:Bernie Sanders