“Never be silent! Make your opinions known, and do not fear retribution for speaking your mind! The only ones who will aggressively try to silence you are the ones who do not respect the liberties and rights of the individual. Those people deserve our contempt, and when you draw them out of the shadows by exercising your civil right to freedom of speech, they will expose themselves for what they truly are.” PeopleTryingMindPoliticsIndividualSilenceKnownLibertyOpinionRightsExerciseSpeechDrawsShadowDeserveSilentContemptFreedom Of SpeechRetributionDo Not Fear Author:Derek R. Audette
“Some representatives of monopolistic capitalism, sensing this evil in their system, have tried to silence criticism by pointing to the diffused ownership in the great corporations. They advertise, "No one owns more than 4 percent of the stock of this great company." Or they print lists of stockholders, showing that these include farmers, schoolteachers, baseball players, taxi drivers, and even babies.” EvilPoliticsSilenceCompanyEconomyPlayerBabyPercentCapitalismCriticismBaseballListsCorporationsLiberalismPrintDriversFarmersRepresentativesOwnershipPointingTaxiBaseball PlayerGreat CompanySensing Author:Fulton J. Sheen
“Words without actions are the assassins of idealism.” ActionPoliticsActingSilenceEconomyPresidentialLiberalismIdealismAssassinsWords And ActionsGreat PresidentsIdealism And Realism Author:Herbert Hoover
“History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people.” PeopleWisdomPoliticalPoliticsSocialSilenceHistoryEconomyRecordsPeriodsSadTragedySocial JusticeGoodAfrican AmericanLiberalismTransitionGood PeopleBad PeopleClamorBad RelationshipSocial MovementsAnti RacismSocial EqualityEnding RacismInjustice Anywhere Book:The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr Source: The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr