Emil Tookmanian

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Michael G. Kramer
“Captain Scultetus said, “Sir, I am the commander of the Swakopmund Coast Guard. My name and rank  are Captain Oskar Scultetus! I respectfully beg you not to open fire upon my city!”
Michael G. Kramer, His Forefathers and Mick

Thomas Paine
“Our present condition, is, Legislation without law; wisdom without a plan; constitution without a name; and, what is strangely astonishing, perfect Independance contending for dependance.”
Thomas Paine, Common Sense

Naomi Klein
“This points to a nagging and important question about free-market ideologues: Are they ‘true believers’, driven by ideology and faith that free markets will cure underdevelopment, as is often asserted, or do the ideas and theories frequently serve as an elaborate rationale to allow people to act on unfettered greed while still invoking an altruistic motive?”
Naomi Klein

Ally Condie
“You don’t usually get to choose the measure of suffering or the degree of joy you have. (Ky Markham)”
Ally Condie, Reached

Barbara Kingsolver
“Hunger of the body is altogether different from the shallow, daily hunger of the belly. Those who have known this kind of hunger cannot entirely love, ever again, those who have not.”
Barbara Kingsolver, The Poisonwood Bible

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