Alek

“the cult of Same is all the chic; by instruments, both span and spic, are justly measured Spic and Span:”
― E.E. Cummings, 100 Selected Poems

“loudly for Truth have liars pled, their heels for Freedom slaves will click; where Boobs are holy, poets mad, illustrious punks of Progress shriek; when Souls are outlawed, Hearts are sick, Hearts being sick, Minds nothing can:”
― E.E. Cummings, 100 Selected Poems

“Saturninus, on the other hand, was the first to show the demagogues of the future generations just how far cynically manipulated mob violence could push a man’s career forward.”
― Mike Duncan, The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic

“through a judicial process is it possible to establish individual culpability for crimes that might otherwise be attributed to an entire group—and nothing does more to trigger additional cycles of violence than perceptions of collective guilt.”
― Madeleine K. Albright, Fascism: A Warning