jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 7 days ago“The ultimate test of a society’s freedom is not how it treats its good, obedient, compliant citizens; it’s how it treats its dissidents.” - Glenn Greenwaldplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down12
arrow-up143arrow-down1message-square“The ultimate test of a society’s freedom is not how it treats its good, obedient, compliant citizens; it’s how it treats its dissidents.” - Glenn Greenwaldplus-squarejimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square3fedilink
dullbananas (Joseph Silva)English · 18 days ago"Turns out echo chambers can't win elections" - Reddit user Ripamonimagemessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down125
arrow-up1-15arrow-down1image"Turns out echo chambers can't win elections" - Reddit user Ripamondullbananas (Joseph Silva)English · 18 days agomessage-square1fedilink
LucidNightmare@lemm.ee · 1 month agoIf I repent of anything... by Henry David Thoreauplus-squarelemm.eeimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down12
arrow-up130arrow-down1imageIf I repent of anything... by Henry David Thoreauplus-squarelemm.eeLucidNightmare@lemm.ee · 1 month agomessage-square3fedilink
dullbananas (Joseph Silva)English · 1 month ago"Math is not funny." - Professor Russell Latterman in a math class when someone was laughing while a test was being passed outmessage-squaremessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down12
arrow-up18arrow-down1message-square"Math is not funny." - Professor Russell Latterman in a math class when someone was laughing while a test was being passed outdullbananas (Joseph Silva)English · 1 month agomessage-square1fedilink
dullbananas (Joseph Silva)English · 2 months ago"...chocolate, without which life itself would be impossible..." - Kenneth L. Feder (The Past in Perspective: An Introduction to Human Prehistory, Eighth Edition) message-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-square"...chocolate, without which life itself would be impossible..." - Kenneth L. Feder (The Past in Perspective: An Introduction to Human Prehistory, Eighth Edition) dullbananas (Joseph Silva)English · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 2 months ago“I shall not go to the polls. I have not registered. I believe that democracy has so far disappeared in the United States that no 'two evils' exist. There is but one evil party with two names, and...plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down128
arrow-up1-18arrow-down1image“I shall not go to the polls. I have not registered. I believe that democracy has so far disappeared in the United States that no 'two evils' exist. There is but one evil party with two names, and...plus-squarelemmy.worldjimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square6fedilink
jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 3 months ago“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which...plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down15
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which...plus-squarejimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square0fedilink
jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 3 months ago“Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” ― George Orwellplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down19
arrow-up122arrow-down1message-square“Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” ― George Orwellplus-squarejimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square11fedilink
jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 3 months agoOnce a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes...plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down19
arrow-up122arrow-down1imageOnce a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes...plus-squarelemmy.worldjimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square1fedilink
jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 3 months ago"When two neighboring countries fight each other, just know the USA visited one."plus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down125
arrow-up1-20arrow-down1message-square"When two neighboring countries fight each other, just know the USA visited one."plus-squarejimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square12fedilink
jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 3 months ago"Imperialism and fascism are two sides of the same coin; one is the side that faces outward, and the other is the side that faces inward." -- Butch Wareplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down19
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-square"Imperialism and fascism are two sides of the same coin; one is the side that faces outward, and the other is the side that faces inward." -- Butch Wareplus-squarejimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square4fedilink
jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 3 months ago"Right and wrong is a very different standard than legal and illegal. The law is no substitute for morality." -- Edward Snowdenplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down19
arrow-up130arrow-down1message-square"Right and wrong is a very different standard than legal and illegal. The law is no substitute for morality." -- Edward Snowdenplus-squarejimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square1fedilink
jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 3 months agoThose who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. -- John F. Kennedyplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down19
arrow-up19arrow-down1message-squareThose who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable. -- John F. Kennedyplus-squarejimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square9fedilink
jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 4 months ago“If you walk through life and don't help anybody, you haven't had much of a life” ― Fred Hamptonplus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up163arrow-down16
arrow-up157arrow-down1image“If you walk through life and don't help anybody, you haven't had much of a life” ― Fred Hamptonplus-squarelemmy.worldjimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square3fedilink
The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world · 4 months agoI really like this quote by Norm Macdonald (too long to try to fit it in the title)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up1136arrow-down15
arrow-up1131arrow-down1imageI really like this quote by Norm Macdonald (too long to try to fit it in the title)lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square7fedilink
jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 4 months ago"The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed." -- Simone de Beauvoirplus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down113
arrow-up1113arrow-down1image"The oppressor would not be so strong if he did not have accomplices among the oppressed." -- Simone de Beauvoirplus-squarelemmy.worldjimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square6fedilink
jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 4 months agoWe are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth...plus-squarelemmy.worldimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down116
arrow-up168arrow-down1imageWe are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth...plus-squarelemmy.worldjimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square3fedilink
jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 5 months ago“We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both.” - Louis Brandeisplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down18
arrow-up16arrow-down1message-square“We must make our choice. We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both.” - Louis Brandeisplus-squarejimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square3fedilink
jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 5 months ago“When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals.” — Edward Snowdenplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1165arrow-down18
arrow-up1157arrow-down1message-square“When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals.” — Edward Snowdenplus-squarejimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square33fedilink
jimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 5 months ago“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.” — President John F. Kennedyplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down18
arrow-up1-1arrow-down1message-square“Let us never negotiate out of fear. But let us never fear to negotiate.” — President John F. Kennedyplus-squarejimmydoreisalefty@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square0fedilink
