“We can’t retract the decisions we’ve made. We can only affect the decisions we’re going to make from here.”
— Nick Rice
#goodwords
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.”
Fred Rogers
“Sometimes we need to be knocked down in a place so dark that we have no choice but to trust our heart to illuminate the way.”
— Brittany Burgunder
“Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I am not yet completely sure about the universe.”
— Albert Einstein
“Inside of a ring or out, ain’t nothing wrong with going down. It’s staying down that’s wrong.”
– Muhammad Ali
“…When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness…”
— The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
“It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and just. He gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on earth. It is an awesome opportunity.”
— Cesar Chavez
“Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.”
— Cesar Chavez
“We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community.”
— Cesar Chavez
First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist
Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist
Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist
Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
— PASTOR MARTIN NIEMÖLLER
“You will have bad times, but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren’t paying attention to.”
— Robin Williams
“Freedom, by definition, is people realizing that they are their own leaders.”
— Diane Nash, Freedom Rider and founding member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
“I wish I could say that racism and prejudice were only distant memories. We must dissent from the indifference. We must dissent from the apathy. We must dissent from the fear, the hatred and the mistrust. … We must dissent because America can do better, because America has no choice but to do better.”
— Thurgood Marshall, the first Black Supreme Court justice, at the acceptance speech for the Liberty Medal in 1992
“A democracy cannot thrive where power remains unchecked and justice is reserved for a select few. Ignoring these cries and failing to respond to this movement is simply not an option — for peace cannot exist where justice is not served.”
— John Lewis said of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
“What can you do to get into good trouble? There is a light inside of you that will turn on when you get into good trouble. You will feel emboldened and freed. You will realize that unjust laws cannot stop you. These laws cannot stop the truth that is in your heart and soul.”
— John Lewis, Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation
"That is what we believed in, what we were all about — a mass movement, an irresistible movement of the masses. Not a handful of lawyers in a closed courtroom, but hundreds, thousands of everyday people—disciplined, peaceful people — taking their cause and their belief to the streets.”
— John Lewis, From Walking With the Wind: A Memoir of a Movement.
My life goes on in endless song
Above earth's lamentations,
I hear the real, though far-off hymn
That hails a new creation.
Through all the tumult and the strife
I hear it's music ringing,
It sounds an echo in my soul.
How can I keep from singing?
While though the tempest loudly roars,
I hear the truth, it liveth.
And though the darkness 'round me close,
Songs in the night it giveth.
No storm can shake my inmost calm,
While to that rock I'm clinging.
Since love is lord of heaven and earth
How can I keep from singing?
When tyrants tremble in their fear
And hear their death knell ringing,
When friends rejoice both far and near
How can I keep from singing?
In prison cell and dungeon vile
Our thoughts to them are winging,
When friends by shame are undefiled
How can I keep from singing?
— How Can I Keep from Singing?
- Songwriters: Eithne Ni Bhraonain /
Nicky Ryan / Roma Ryan
- Sung by Pete Seeger
"For those of us who follow Jesus, it is an affront to the soul of our shared responsibility as stewards of God’s creation. Especially when this is being carried out by an administration that is constantly claiming to stand for "Christian values." To treat land, water, wildlife, and wilderness as mere commodities—up for sale to the highest bidder—is a violation of both Scripture and conscience.
This is not stewardship. It is desecration:"
- Rev. Benjamin Cremer
(Thank you @WDEFAustenOnek for sharing)
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