Gaetano Guy

“Yes, they think we're dumb. They call us the "common people." But I've been sitting here listening and looking and trying to understand what's so common about us. I think they're guilty of a gross mis-statement of fact-we are the uncommon people-”
― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

“Nothing appeals to intellectuals more than the feeling that they represent 'the people'. Nothing, as a rule, is further from the truth”
― Paul Johnson

“Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.”
― George Bernard Shaw

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
― Mark Twain