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Category Archive: January 17

Robert Kennedy, Jr. Quote: “Water keepers patrol local waterways and…”

Water keepers patrol local waterways and prosecute polluters. Essentially, they act as the community’s coast guard.

October 20, 2021 1954, American, January 17, Jr., Quotes by Activists, Robert Kennedy

Alain Badiou Quote: “Everybody says love is about finding…”

Everybody says love is about finding the person who is right for me and then everything will be fine. But it’s not like that. It involves work. An old man tells you this!

October 19, 2021 1937, Alain Badiou, French, January 17, Quotes by Philosophers

Robert Kennedy, Jr. Quote: “I always knew that I was…”

I always knew that I was going be an environmental advocate when I was very young.

September 20, 2021 1954, American, January 17, Jr., Quotes by Activists, Robert Kennedy

Edmund Morgan Quote: “Thomas Paine, so celebrated and so…”

Thomas Paine, so celebrated and so despised as he traveled through the critical events of his time, has long appealed to biographers. Paine was present at the creation both of the United States and of the French Republic. His eloquence, in the pamphlet ‘Common Sense,’ propelled the American colonists toward independence.

September 4, 2021 1916, American, Edmund Morgan, January 17, Quotes by Historians

Alain Badiou Quote: “The declaration of love marks the…”

The declaration of love marks the transition from chance to destiny, and that’s why it is so perilous and so burdened with a kind of horrifying stage fright.

September 1, 2021 1937, Alain Badiou, French, January 17, Quotes by Philosophers

Edmund Morgan Quote: “The Puritans left behind so full…”

The Puritans left behind so full a record of what they thought and did that scholars cannot resist the temptation to make the most of it.

August 31, 2021 1916, American, Edmund Morgan, January 17, Quotes by Historians

Robert Kennedy, Jr. Quote: “PBS was not a left-wing ideology….”

PBS was not a left-wing ideology. I mean, Air America was, but PBS was not. But anybody who tells the truth is now branded and marginalized. The devolution of the American press began in 1986 when Ronald Reagan abolished the fairness doctrine.

August 22, 2021 1954, American, January 17, Jr., Quotes by Activists, Robert Kennedy

Robert Kennedy, Jr. Quote: “When my father started talking about…”

When my father started talking about strip mining in the Appalachia back in the ’60s, I remember a conversation I had with him where he said, you know, this is the richest state in the country if you look at the resources and the land, but the poorest people after the state of Mississippi: the 49th poorest people in the country.

August 11, 2021 1954, American, January 17, Jr., Quotes by Activists, Robert Kennedy

Edmund Morgan Quote: “Vox populi vox dei: the voice…”

Vox populi vox dei: the voice of the people is the voice of God. The slogan was useful for those who first attempted to substitute the people for God as the source of political authority. Their attempt was ultimately so successful that God no longer seems to be needed in government.

August 9, 2021 1916, American, Edmund Morgan, January 17, Quotes by Historians

Edmund Morgan Quote: “Some men look at constitutions with…”

Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence and deem them like the Ark of the Covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to men of the preceding age a wisdom more than human and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment.

August 4, 2021 1916, American, Edmund Morgan, January 17, Quotes by Historians

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