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“We have to stand up for what is right-- work, march, struggle for what is right-- but we must stay vigilant that it is for the good of all”

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Author:Shellen Lubin

“Dream of the King is the Dream of Civilization.”

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Book:Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

Source: Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

“Oh, how we need MLK Day right now-- need MLK--his vision, his words, his feistiness-- not the way he's painted by the centrists (no less the right), but the way he stood up for what was necessary to make America live up to its ideals (yes, he was imperfect yes, bits of hypocrisy and misogyny, and yet mostly brilliance and caring and extraordinary efforts on behalf of all Americans because we are all deprived of justice and equity if any of us are).”

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Author:Shellen Lubin

“Poetry empowers the simplest of lives to confront the most extreme sorrows with courage, and motivates the mightiest of offices to humbly heed lessons in compassion.”

Source: Splendid Literarium: A Treasury of Stories, Aphorisms, Poems, and Essays

“We have the option to either empower our existence with love, purpose, and beauty, or allow ourselves to become slaves to ignorance and agony.”

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Book:Illuminated Corners: Collected Essays and Articles Volume I.

Source: Illuminated Corners: Collected Essays and Articles Volume I.

“One popular defense of the Founding Fathers says they were simply men of their time, flawed idealists for whom 'that was the culture then.' But in fact, they were not men of their time. The Founding Fathers were men of their color (white) of their status (wealthy) of their descent (European) of their time. To say that the Founding Fathers were men of their time defines time according to them. It legitimizes their place at the top of the world--the origin of popular history--even if the leaders of other nations were more democratic and fair-handed.”

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Book:Gods of the Flesh: A Skeptic's Journey Through Sex, Politics and Religion

Source: Gods of the Flesh: A Skeptic's Journey Through Sex, Politics and Religion