Brandon

“Civilized nations, however, do not use their armies and fleets to open one another's ports to trade. What they use their armies and fleets for, is, when they quarrel, to close one another's ports. ... What protection teaches us, is to do to ourselves in time of peace what enemies seek to do to us in time of war.”
― Henry George, Protection or Free Trade

“We are still in Eden; the wall that shuts us out of the garden is our own ignorance and folly.”
― Thomas Cole, essai sur le décor naturel américain

“We are called upon to help the discouraged beggars in life’s marketplace. But one day we must come to see that an edifice which produces beggars needs restructuring. It means that questions must be raised. And you see, my friends, when you deal with this you begin to ask the question, “Who owns the oil?” You begin to ask the question, “Who owns the iron ore?” You begin to ask the question, “Why is it that people have to pay water bills in a world that’s two-thirds water?” These are words that must be said.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?

“This world is too small for less than brotherhood, too dangerous for less than truth.”
― Steffen Thomas