Rallies Quotes

“According to the media and other stock market "experts," the equities bull is forever hiding just around that next corner on Wall Street. But millions of investors who listened to the experts back in 1998-2001 about "the New Economy" get hammered in the stock market and are still trying to get back to even.

The smart investor looks for opportunities to acquire value on the cheap, with one eye out for a dynamic change in the offing that might make that investment even more valuable.”
― Jim Rogers, Hot Commodities: How Anyone Can Invest Profitably in the World's Best Market

“Oral histories from the period testify to the hope and excitement that Fascism generated. Men and women who had despaired of political change suddenly felt in touch with the answers they had been seeking. Eagerly they traveled long distances to attend Fascist rallies, where they discovered kindred souls keen to restore greatness to the nation, traditional values to the community, and optimism about the future. Here, in this crusade, they heard explanations that made sense to them about the powerful currents that were at work in the world. Here were the chances they had sought to participate in youth groups, athletic organizations, charity drives, and job-training activities. Here were the connections they needed to start a new business or take out a loan. Many families that had stopped after bearing two children, thinking that number all they could afford, now found the confidence to bear four or five or six. In the congenial company of fellow Fascists, they could share an identity that seemed right to them and engage in a cause that each could serve with gladness and singleness of heart. These were prizes, they believed, worth marching for and even giving up democratic freedoms for—provided their leaders could do as promised and make their fantasies real.”
― Madeleine K. Albright, Fascism: A Warning

“Dune felt a little thrill in her belly. It was a familiar feeling, when it seems like the world can be changed by some action that happens at the scale of a few committed people. She was raised attuned to this feeling of possibility, could trace it throughout the years, flowing through her mother, flowing through a crowd at the downtown Detroit rallies on water ownership or food deserts or impossible heating bills or other human rights concerns, during the big marches on Washington she had attended as a teenager, walking between Brendon and Kama and feeling connected to everything alive.

She mostly didn't trust the feeling anymore, after years of having it followed swiftly by some reminder of who held power and who didn't.”
― Adrienne Maree Brown, Grievers