“In two thousand years all our generals and politicians may be forgotten, but Einstein and Madame Curie and Bernard Shaw and Stravinsky will keep the memory of our age alive.” YearsMayTwoAgeMemoriesAlivePoliticianThousandForgottenImmortalityThousand YearsBernard ShawStravinskyMadame Curie Author:Anthony Burgess
“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
“Politicians nowadays treat Americans like medical orderlies treat Alzheimer's patients, telling them anything that will keep them subdued. It doesn't matter what untruths the people are fed because they will not long remember. But in politics, forgotten falsehoods almost guarantee new treachery.” PeopleLongMatterRememberPoliticianTreatsPatientForgottenMedicalGuaranteesFedsFalsehoodTreacheryAlzheimerUntruthAlzheimer's Author:James Bovard
“I remember a time when it was ok to make fun of politicians and powerful people. Now, it's not ok anymore. We've forgotten how to laugh.” PeopleRememberFunPowerfulLaughingPoliticianForgotten Author:Elif Safak
“It is a simple but sometimes forgotten truth that the greatest enemy to present joy and high hopes is the cultivation of retrospective bitterness.” SometimesWisdomTruthJoyHopeSimpleEnemyRegretPoliticianForgottenBitterBitternessAnguishGloomCultivationRetrospective Author:Robert Menzies