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Mick Wallace photo

“What is democracy anyway? Is it having a vote every four or five years? No, it's not. It's your people having a say in the society they live in. And most of the American people have no say in the society they're living in.”

Mick Wallace (1955) Irish politician and football manager

As quoted in a speech on 8 June 2022, "'Couldn't Spell Democracy:' Irish Politician's Rant on America Resurfaces" in Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/couldnt-spell-democracy-irish-politicians-rant-america-resurfaces-viral-reddit-1722739

Susan B. Anthony photo

“The fact is women are in chains, and their servitude is all the more debasing because they do not realize.”

Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906) American women's rights activist

Quoted in: Kabir, Hajara Muhammad (2010). Northern women development. [Nigeria]. ISBN 978-978-906-469-4. OCLC 890820657.

Kamala Harris photo

“I think that, to be very honest with you, I — I do believe that we should have rightly believed, but we certainly believed that certain issues are just settled. Certain issues are just settled.”

Kamala Harris (1964) United States Senator from California

On why Democrats didn't codify Roe vs Wade, in an interview with CBS https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kamala-harris-roe-v-wade-settled-law/
2022, July 2022

Seneca the Younger photo

“There are more things, likely to frighten us than there are to crush us; we suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”

Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter XIII: On Groundless Fears
Original: (la) Plura sunt, quae nos terrent quam quae premunt, et saepius opinione quam re laboramus.

“I am just a very ordinary priest without much achievement. I'm not even aware what strengths I have. But my fellow priests, nuns and lay Catholics give me their support and trust, so I will try my very best.”

Anthony Dang Mingyan (1967) Chinese bishop

New Auxiliary Bishop Of Xi´an Strains To Help ´High-Caliber´ Bishop (26 July 2005) UCA News https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/2005/07/27/new-auxiliary-bishop-of-xian-strains-to-help-highcaliber-bishop&post_id=26095

Jean-Gabriel Diarra photo

“We must explain that we are animated by the Spirit of the Gospel: we do not want to impose our faith but we do want to announce it. The Church is not a non governmental organisation it is at the service of the Proclamation of the Word.”

Jean-Gabriel Diarra (1945–2019) Malian catholic priest

“Our intention is not to impose the Gospel but to proclaim it with our lives” President of Bishops Conference in Rome for ad limina visit tells Fides (16 May 2007) Fides News Agency http://www.fides.org/en/news/9548-AFRICA_MALI_Our_intention_is_not_to_impose_the_Gospel_but_to_proclaim_it_with_our_lives_President_of_Bishops_Conference_in_Rome_for_ad_limina_visit_tells_Fides

Kofi Annan photo

“Gender equality is critical for the development and peace of every nation.”

Kofi Annan (1938–2018) 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations

Quoted in: Kabir, Hajara Muhammad (2010). Northern women development. [Nigeria]. ISBN 978-978-906-469-4. OCLC 890820657.

Kofi Annan photo

“When women thrive, all of society benefits and succeeding generations are given a better start in life.”

Kofi Annan (1938–2018) 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations

Quoted in: Kabir, Hajara Muhammad (2010). Northern women development. [Nigeria]. ISBN 978-978-906-469-4. OCLC 890820657.

John Berger photo
Dave Leduc photo

“I would prefer fighting foreign fighters to show the true power of Lethwei against other martial arts.”

Dave Leduc (1991) Canadian Lethwei fighter (born 1991)

As quoted by Anadolu Agency https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/ethnic-muslim-fighter-eyes-myanmar-s-kickboxing-crown/1325639 (November 30, 2018)
On Lethwei

Dave Leduc photo

“In life you don’t ‘half-ass’ things. So I thought; I want to fight, why not do the most brutal sport in the world?”

Dave Leduc (1991) Canadian Lethwei fighter (born 1991)

Leduc talking about Lethwei in A royal portrait: Dave Leduc https://thebodylockmma.com/lethwei/a-royal-portrait-dave-leduc-king-of-lethwei/ (July 30, 2019)
On Lethwei

Dave Leduc photo

“Veganism. It’s not a diet, it’s a philosophy, which aims to cause as less cruelty around you as practically possible.”

Dave Leduc (1991) Canadian Lethwei fighter (born 1991)

On veganism
Source: As quoted in Plant Based News https://plantbasednews.org/culture/sport/world-champion-lethwei-fighter-dave-leduc-says-being-vegan-is-a-philosophy-not-a-diet/ (2nd February, 2021)

Dave Leduc photo

“Once you reunite with your compassion and choose the vegan way of life, it’s almost impossible to go back.”

Dave Leduc (1991) Canadian Lethwei fighter (born 1991)

On veganism
Source: https://plantbasednews.org/culture/sport/world-champion-lethwei-fighter-dave-leduc-says-being-vegan-is-a-philosophy-not-a-diet
2nd February, 2021

Dave Leduc photo

“I will never eat animals or dairy for the rest of my life.”

Dave Leduc (1991) Canadian Lethwei fighter (born 1991)

On veganism
Source: https://plantbasednews.org/culture/sport/world-champion-lethwei-fighter-dave-leduc-says-being-vegan-is-a-philosophy-not-a-diet
2nd February, 2021

Henry Campbell-Bannerman photo

“Self-government is better than good government.”

Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836–1908) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Widely attributed to Campbell-Bannerman since at least 1910 https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1910/jul/12/parliamentary-franchise-women-bill-1. However it appears unattributed earlier https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rIFPAAAAYAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22self-government+is+better%22, and the concept pre-dates https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lFI3AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA403&lpg=PA403&dq=%22your+public-spirited+advocates+of+good+government,+I+do+find+sneering+upon+the+self-government+of+the+Christian%22 Campbell-Bannerman.
Compare Gandhi: "Good government is no substitute for self-government." Young India (2 September 1920), p. 1
Attributed

Fumio Kishida photo

“We must absolutely defend free and fair elections, which are the basis of democracy. We will proceed with our election campaign as planned with the firm conviction that we will never yield to violence”

Fumio Kishida (1957) 100th~101st Prime Minister of Japan

assassination of Shinzo Abe
Fumio Kishida (2022) cited in " Japan votes in election billed as 'defense of democracy' as police admit security 'problems' during Shinzo Abe assassination https://edition.cnn.com/2022/07/10/asia/japan-elections-voters-shinzo-abe-assassinated-intl-hnk/index.html" on CNN, 10 July 2022.

Jonathan Blow photo

“The way I think about puzzles is a real puzzle, is something you may not ever figure out.”

Jonathan Blow (1971) American video game designer and programmer

Q&A session https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK9nxanN9BM&t=2060s at Graz Technical University, November 2017

Marcelo Gleiser photo

“When most people think of nature, they want to look for perfection and for symmetry and balance, ... But if you really pay attention you are going to see that what actually makes nature tick are the imbalances, the imperfections, the asymmetries.”

Marcelo Gleiser (1959) Brazilian physicist

" Physicist Marcelo Gleiser Asks the Big Questions" https://news.dartmouth.edu/news/2011/08/physicist-marcelo-gleiser-asks-big-questions, dartmouth.edu (August 26, 2011)

Ernst Jünger photo

“Books and bullets have their own destinies”

Storm of Steel (1920)
Original: (la) Habent sua fata libelli et balli

Ernst Jünger photo