The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.

Quote by Alice Walker

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Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of...

Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of...

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world.

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world.

All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole....

All partisan movements add to the fullness of our understanding of society as a whole....

We sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You...

We sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You...

What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears.

What the mind doesn't understand, it worships or fears.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow.

I'm always amazed that people will actually choose to sit in front of the television...

I'm always amazed that people will actually choose to sit in front of the television...

Activism is my rent for living on this planet.

Activism is my rent for living on this planet.

Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and...

Life is better than death, I believe, if only because it is less boring, and...

Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You...

Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You...

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world

All History is current; all injustice continues on some level, somewhere in the world

Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me.

Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me.

It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get...

It's so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that's what I get...

For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down...

For in the end, freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down...

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure...

Deliver me from writers who say the way they live doesn't matter. I'm not sure...

And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the...

And so our mothers and grandmothers have, more often than not anonymously, handed on the...

Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the...

Anybody can observe the Sabbath, but making it holy surely takes the rest of the...

I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and...

I think we have to own the fears that we have of each other, and...

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a...

I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a...

People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress,...

People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress,...