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Michael Moore Quote: “Democracy is not a spectator sport…”

Democracy is not a spectator sport, it’s a participatory event. If we don’t participate in it, it ceases to be a democracy.

October 25, 2021 1954, American, April 23, Michael Moore, Quotes by Activists

Anne Sullivan Quote: “I need a teacher quite as…”

I need a teacher quite as much as Helen. I know the education of this child will be the distinguishing event of my life, if I have the brains and perseverance to accomplish it.

September 15, 2021 1866, American, Anne Sullivan, April 14, Quotes by Educators

James Henry Breasted Quote: “This recognition of the earlier human…”

This recognition of the earlier human background, now so obvious to us, did not come all at once, for the inclusion of history itself in university instruction is an event less than two centuries old.

September 12, 2021 1865, American, August 27, James Henry Breasted, Quotes by Historians

Daniel J. Boorstin Quote: “The world of crime is a…”

The world of crime is a last refuge of the authentic, uncorrupted, spontaneous event.

September 6, 2021 1914, American, Daniel J. Boorstin, October 1, Quotes by Historians

Irwin Redlener Quote: “There isn’t a single American city…”

There isn’t a single American city, in my estimation, that has sufficient plans for a nuclear terrorist event.

August 4, 2021 1944, American, August 12, Irwin Redlener, Quotes by Activists

Saul Alinsky Quote: “It does not matter what you…”

It does not matter what you know about anything if you cannot communicate to your people. In that event, you are not even a failure. You’re just not there.

July 4, 2021 1909, American, January 30, Quotes by Activists, Saul Alinsky

Albert Bushnell Hart Quote: “In any event, colonization and the…”

In any event, colonization and the grant of lands were provincial matters.

June 2, 2021 1854, Albert Bushnell Hart, American, July 1, Quotes by Historians

Edward Gibbon Quote: “The author himself is the best…”

The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event.

April 15, 2021 1737, April 27, Edward Gibbon, English, Quotes by Historians

Sophocles Quote: “Men may know many things by…”

Men may know many things by seeing; but no prophet can see before the event, nor what end waits for him.

April 15, 2021 496 BC, Greek, Quotes by Poets, Sophocles

Hannah Arendt Quote: “The defiance of established authority, religious…”

The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of the last decade.

March 28, 2021 1906, German, Hannah Arendt, October 14, Quotes by Philosophers

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