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“Do rhinoceroses cough?”
― Eugène Ionesco, Rhinoceros and Other Plays

“We are never as steeped in history as when we pretend not to be, but if we stop pretending we may gain in understanding what we lose in false innocence. Naiveté is often an excuse for those who exercise power. For those upon whom that power is exercised, naiveté is always a mistake.”
― Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History

“Settle your quarrels, come together, understand the reality of our situation, understand that fascism is already here, that people are already dying who could be saved, that generations more will live poor butchered half-lives if you fail to act. Do what must be done, discover your humanity and your love in revolution.”
― George L. Jackson

“French Caribbean island of Martinique, a tiny territory less than one-fourth the size of Long Island, imported more slaves than all the U.S. states combined.”
― Michel-Rolph Trouillot, Silencing the Past: Power and the Production of History