Shina

“If only the morbidly religious cared more about real atrocities, like war, poverty, and sports.”
― Michelle Franklin

“Monarchs are made on the backs of indolent men who would rather bow their heads for their daily bread than save the starving men beside them.”
― Michelle Franklin

“All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or back gammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong, with moral questions; and betting naturally accompanies it. The character of the voters is not staked. I cast my vote, perchance, as I think right; but I am not vitally concerned that that right should prevail. I am willing to leave it to the majority. Its obli­gation, therefore, never exceeds that of expediency. Even voting for the right is doing nothing for it. It is only expressing to men feebly your desire that it should prevail. A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority.”
― Henry David Thoreau, On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

“There is no possible way to have a rational discussion with a zealot: It is rather like beating a child that is already hitting itself.”
― Michelle Franklin, I Hate Everyone: An introvert’s miserable adventures with mailmen, children, the outdoors, and the human condition.