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“To remind him, and perhaps myself, that any hope for the future depends on our ability to reclaim the narrative of a long con- tinuum of resistance that has been the foundation of our country and the bulwark against the very forces that have threatened our democracy since its founding.”
― Jeff Biggers, Resistance: Reclaiming an American Tradition

“And here, without anger or resentment, I bid you farewell. Sincerely wishing, that as men and Christians, ye may always fully and uninterruptedly enjoy every civil and religious right, and be, in your turn, the means of securing it to others; but that the example which ye have unwisely set, of mingling religion with politics, may be disavowed and reprobated by every inhabitant of America.”
― Thomas Paine

“What America needs is character - a character, bright enough to shine over a whole community - a character burning with love, passion and purity - a character free from all sorts of sectarianism, be it religious, political or atheistic.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Build Bridges not Walls: In the name of Americana

“2 young ladies to sing us the new liberty song
readiness to be shot / versus / taxes”
― Ezra Pound, The Cantos