Between You and Me.....

Between you and me 

You and I know the truth.....

But I have my people behind me.

---Mr. Anonymous.

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I also took advantage of the fact that 

I was widely admired in my and their community, 

which disabled them from sharing their story and 

brought hardship to them when they tried because 

people who look up to me didn’t want to hear it. 

I didn’t think that I was doing any of that 

because my position allowed me not to think about it.

---Louis C.K.

Quote of the day.......

The study of history is a powerful antidote 

to contemporary arrogance. 

It is humbling to discover how many of 

our glib assumptions, 

which seem to us novel and plausible, 

have been tested before, 

not once but many times and in innumerable guises; 

and discovered to be, 

at great human cost, 

wholly false.

-- Paul Johnson.

Real world........

The real world is a place where it's hard sometimes 

to find people who will listen with an attitude 

that they might actually be convinced of something,

Instead, what happens in most of the real world is 

that people don't listen at all.


They aren't looking to actually learn anything 

about you or about what you think. 

It's a place where people take sides 

rather than trying to understand - 

are they still on the right side? 


They care mostly about their side winning.


---FBI Director James Comey. 2017
Convocation speech at Howard university.

No more concentration camps........

I tried to look away,

but he would hold my face,” she said.

So I was forced to look into his eyes.

And I felt disgust and shame, and

like nobody would ever think of me as being

clean again after being this close to the devil.

His energy was so sinister.

--- Selma blair.

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You have to get it all out in the open and

in the light so that we can really understand

how pervasive this is,” McAdams said.

I think we almost have to exhaust ourselves

sharing our experiences before

the rebuilding can begin.

And hopefully...........

we never slip back into this darkness again.


----Rachel Mc Adams.

The Realometer......

The realometer, that could cut through 

the" mud and slush of opinion " and

prejudice, and tradition......

to a Hard bottom.

----Henri David Thoreau.

In truth.......

Truth is....

An overarching compassion.

Quote of the day......“I did it. I got there, but not without a price.....

Maroney was one of the “Fierce Five” 

that won gold at the 2012 London Olympics; 

she also won silver..... 

in the individual vault event. 

In her letter, Maroney spoke of how 

the Olympics had been her dream 

since she was a child, 

watching the 2004 Games as an 8-year-old.

“From the outside looking in,

 it’s an amazing story,” Maroney wrote. 

“I did it. I got there, 

but not without a price.

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[On October 18, 2017, Maroney alleged that 

USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar 

repeatedly molested her, starting when 

she was 13 years old until her retirement 

from the sport in 2016.]

Man Made..............

There is so much to 

Man made reality

It always fails to 

Live up to....... 

Fair scrutiny.

Existential Burden...........

One of the most difficult existential burden is.... 

To bear witness of human folly.

Quote of the day.....

If truth were to become a lost cause

not just families ...... even societies

pay the price.

----Hrithik Roshan.

Bollywood actor.

Honourable............

Honor is theirs........ 

Who own responsibility for 

Their actions.

To be evil.......

To be evil is.... 

An incurable disease.

Quote of the day.....

Force (is) the vital principle and

immediate parent of despotism.

-- Thomas Jefferson(1743-1826), 
US Founding Father, 3rd US President.
drafted the Declaration of Independence. 

Quote of the day............

Service to humanity is service to God.

Diversity.........

In reality there are as many religions 

as there are individuals.

--M.K.Gandhi.

El Dorado.........

God's world is..... 

Free world.

Virtue of the Lost souls.........

All hate is ill founded.......

It is the virtue of the Lost souls.

Quote of the day...............

Those who have ever valued liberty for its own sake

believed that to be free to choose, 

and not to be chosen for,

is an unalienable ingredient in 

what makes human beings human.

-- Isaiah Berlin(1909-1997)
Source: Five Essays on Liberty, 1969

raison d'etre.................

It matters little to the evil one's 

Who their victims are.

Causality..........

Our deceptions in eventuality are....... 

Our realities.

Quote of the day....................

The principle that the end justifies 

the means is in individualist ethics 

regarded as the denial of all morals.

In collectivist ethics.......... 

it becomes necessarily the supreme rule.

-- Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992), 
Nobel Laureate of Economic Sciences 1974
Source: The Road to Serfdom (1944)

Quote of the day...........

It is always easier to tell people what to do 

than to find out what is happening...

-- Martin Pawley.

To stand up for Oneself......Is to stand up for others......

By allowing one self to be afraid of bullies

One turns One-self in to....

A coward.

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In memory of the little ones
that became unwitting victims of
false consciousness.....

Limits of knowledge.......

When knowledge personifies as Obstructionist

It assumes being unethical and immoral.

Be / Cause......

As such there is no Cause...

All Cause is false Cause.

Quote of the day......

Human nature itself is evermore 

an advocate for liberty. 

There is also in human nature 

a resentment of injury, and 

indignation against wrong. 

A love of truth and a veneration of virtue. 

These amiable passions, are the "latent spark"… 

If the people are capable of understanding, 

seeing and feeling the differences 

between true and false, 

right and wrong, 

virtue and vice, 

to what better principle can 

the friends of mankind apply 

than to the sense of this difference?

-- John Adams
(1735-1826) Founding Father, 2nd US President
Source: the Novanglus, 1775

Quote of the day......

I am very sure that any man of 

common understanding may, 

by culture, care, attention, and labor, 

make himself what- ever he pleases, 

except a great poet.

-- Philip Stanhope
4th Earl of Chesterfield.

Life & Death.............

Some time life is....... 

More cruel then Death.

Quote of the day.....Scandalous.

"They say,

You really need a high level of proof 

to change recomondations,

which is ironic because 

they never had a high level of proof 

to set them."

--- Walter Willet.

Harvard Epidemiologist. 

Truth amongst us........

If we have truth amongst us..... 

There would be only One truth /One story 

As all of Our Truths and Stories 

Become One.....

Quote of the day....

It does not require many words 

To speak the truth.

-- Chief Joseph
(1840-1904) Chief of the Wal-lam-wat-kain 
(Wallowa) band of Nez Perce Indians

Quote of the day......

Glenn Greenwald Retweeted
 bart‏ @bart_smith  Mar 19

It's astounding how anyone could be 

arguing with a nazi and 

lose the moral high ground.

Quote of the day......

 Prosecutors are not obligated 

to protect their convictions, 

“They’re obligated to seek the truth. 

And do justice.”

--- Cuyahoga County Judge Mike Donnelly.

One's standing.......

If one stands for nothing

Then......

One is not even standing up

For one self.

Quote of the day.....

If honor be your clothing, 

the suit will last a lifetime;

but if clothing be your honor, 

it will soon be worn threadbare.

-- William D. Arnot (1808–1875)
 Scottish preacher and theological writer.

Quote of the day....

Freedom from something is not enough. 

It should also be freedom for something. 

Freedom is not safety but opportunity. 

Freedom ought to be a means to enable 

the press to serve the proper functions of 

communication in a free society.

-- Zechariah Chaffee, Jr.
(1865-1957)
Source: Nieman Reports, April 1948

Techno switch.....

Human evolution through technology is 

another myth.

Myth / co / pithecus.....

The need for myth building is rooted in 

social & culturally antiquated self moorings.

quote of the day.....

If liberty means anything at all, 

it means the right to tell people 

what they do not want to hear.

-- George Orwell. [Eric Arthur Blair]
British author.
Source: Animal Farm 1945

Homage ....

I for one does not have true privilege 

To judge the high or low

For they both exist 

In the realm of God's creation. 

Quote of the day......

Joan Walsh@joanwalsh 
Joan Walsh Retweeted Bernie Sanders....

Anytime you say "but" after an important declaration, 

clarification or apology,

you're saying the opposite in what follows.

https://twitter.com/joanwalsh/status/801283907308126208

Quote of the day....

That frequent recurrence to fundamental principles, 

and a firm adherence to justice, moderation, 

temperance,industry and frugality, 

are absolutely necessary to  preserve 

the blessings of liberty, 

and keep government free. 

The people ought, therefore, 

to pay particular attention to these points, 

in the choice of officers and representatives, 

and  have a right to exact a due 

and constant regard to them, 

from their legislators and magistrates, 

in the making and executing such laws as are 

necessary for the good government of the State.

-- Vermont Declaration of Rights
Source: Article 16

Quote of the day.........

The fate of the country does not depend on 

how you vote at the polls --

the worst man is as strong as 

the best at that game;

it does not depend on what kind of paper

you drop into the ballot-box once a year,

but on what kind of man 

you drop from your chamber

into the street every morning.

-- Henry David Thoreau.
(1817-1862) American author.
Source: Slavery in Massachusetts (1854)

Habakkuk 1:1-4; 2:1-4

Look at the proud!

their spirit is not right in them,

but the righteous live by their faith........


It is alright if one has little respect for 

Other's virtues....

but should be aware of one's own 

short comings.

Quote of the day.....

[There can be no] rational administration of government

when good men are held in the same esteem as bad ones.

-- Polybius
(ca. 203-120 BC,) Greek historian

Quote of the day.....

Integrity is doing the right thing, 

even if nobody is watching.

-- Jim Stovall
(1958-) American writer, blind

Quote of the day......

Law never made men a whit more just.

-- Henry David Thoreau.

Quote of the day......

If you tell the truth, 

you don't have to remember anything.

-- Mark Twain
[Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835-1910)

Quote of the day...........

The road to tyranny, we must remember,

begins with the destruction of the truth.

-- Bill Clinton. 42nd US President
Source: speech at the University of Connecticut, 
Oct 15, 1997.

Quote of the day..........

There can be no public or private virtue

unless the foundation of action is 

the practice of truth.

-- George Jacob Holyoake
(1817-1906) English secularist

Quote of the day..........

There can be no public or private virtue

unless the foundation of action is 

the practice of truth.

-- George Jacob Holyoake
(1817-1906) English secularist

Quote of the day..........

There can be no public or private virtue

unless the foundation of action is 

the practice of truth.

-- George Jacob Holyoake
(1817-1906) English secularist

Quote of the day......

Nothing astonishes men so much as

common sense and plain dealing.

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803-1882)
Source: Essays, 1841

Quote of the day.....

Every State is known by the rights it maintains.

-- Harold J. Laski
(1893-1950)
Source: A Grammar of Politics, 1925

Quote of the day.....

Is there a greater tragedy imaginable than that,

in our endeavour consciously to shape our future

in accordance with high ideals, we should in fact

unwittingly produce the very opposite of

what we have been striving for?

-- Friedrich August von Hayek
(1899-1992), Nobel Laureate of Economic Sciences 1974

Quote of the day......

It is discouraging to think...

how many people are shocked by honesty

and how few by deceit.

-- Noel Coward
(1899-1973) British playwright

Higher Education......

One begins embrace false education 

By virtue of once privilege and 

Self arrogance....

Quote of the day......

O, what a tangled web we weave,

when first we practice to deceive!

-- Sir Walter Scott. 1st Baronet, FRSE (1771-1832) 
Scottish historical novelist, playwright and poet
Source:  "Marmion", Canto VI, Stanza 17

Humanity.....

Humanity is the only 

conceivable Intelligence

All else is ambiguity,

distortion and disease.

Quote of the day......

The liberties of a people never were, 

nor ever will be, secure,

when the transactions of their rulers may be 

concealed from them.

-- Patrick Henry
(1736-1799) US Founding Father

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Freedom is the right to question and change 

the established way of doing things. 

It is the continuous revolution of the marketplace. 

It is the understanding that allows us to recognize 

shortcomings and seek solutions.

-- Ronald Reagan
(1911-2004) 40th US President
Source: Address to students at 
Moscow State University, 05/31/88 

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A free press is not a privilege

but an organic necessity

in a great society.

-- Walter Lippmann(1889-1974) 
American writer, journalist, and political commentator.

To Care.....

In Caring.....

There is no US and THEM.

A mischief heart.....

If one has lots of mischief 

Yet not selfishness-hatred or

Wickedness in one's heart 

Then it must be Love for others.

Quote of the day....

Purveyors of political correctness will, 

in the final analysis,

not even allow others their judgments...

They celebrate "difference," but they will not allow 

people truly to be different -- 

to think differently, and to say what they think.

-- Mark Berley
Source: Argos, Spring 1998

Musings...

Where one's opinion does not count 

There one should not have any.

Quote of the day....

Fame is proof..... 

That people are gullible.

- Ralph waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Musings....

The moral view is secular view.

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Diversity is natures expressive 

intelligence in evolution.

Quote of the day.....

History is fables agreed upon.

-- Voltaire[François Marie Arouet] (1694-1778)

Quote of the day.....

Propaganda is persuading people to 

make up their minds while withholding 

some of the facts from them.

-- Harold Evans
(1928-) British journalist, writer, editor.

Societies in a mirror....

In a corrupted society 

there is neither compassion nor mercy.

It does not matter....

It does not matter Who one is and 

what One's color,ethnicity,nationhood or 

The office One hold or the fancy title and 

Riches and even the power One yields.

What matters is,

Are you One of those that enables life ?

If not for the sake of Others or 

For any reason but 

For One's own glory..... or else 

One is just a parasite that leads a life 

living off Others.

Quote of the day......

Glenn Greenwald Retweeted
 Edward Snowden ‏@Snowden  15h15 hours ago

Politics: the art of convincing decent people to forget 

the lesser of two evils is also evil.

Attainment ..../ Salvation....

Attainment ....Salvation through

conscious and staged acts is

Wo/Man's best fantasy...

quote of the day.......

A Fatal Tendency of Mankind.

Self-preservation and self-development are

common aspirations among all people.

And if everyone enjoyed the unrestricted use of

his faculties and the free disposition of the fruits of

his labor, social progress would be ceaseless,

uninterrupted, and unfailing.

But there is also another tendency

that is common among people.

When they can, they wish to live and prosper

at the expense of others.

This is no rash accusation.

Nor does it come from a gloomy and uncharitable spirit.

The annals of history bear witness to the truth of it:

the incessant wars, mass migrations,

religious persecutions, universal slavery,

dishonesty in commerce, and monopolies.

This fatal desire has its origin in the very nature of man -

in that primitive, universal, and insuppressible instinct

that impels him to satisfy his desires

with the least possible pain.

-Frederic Bastiat(1801-1850) French economist, statesman, and author. 
"The Law" by Frederic Bastiat (1848)

Quote of the day.....

"Among the several cloudy appellatives

which have been commonly employed

as cloaks for misgovernment,

There is none more conspicuous 

in this atmosphere of illusion

than the word 'Order'."

-- Jeremy Bentham
(1748-1832) English jurist, philosopher, and 
legal and social reformer.

In a world of distortion.....

In a distorted world 

One should be aware that

One's sense of fantastic is

Often replaced by 

The ridiculous, absurd,

Obscene and obscure. 

To "captive" others.......

It is in the nature of primitive intelligence 

That seeks to "captive" others.

Quote of the day...Discourses present past and future...

Arguments from one's own experience

are bad and reactionary arguments.

--- Gilles Deleuze.

Quote of the day.....

The test of a great and powerful nation is 

not how many wars it can engage in, 

but how it can resolve international conflicts 

in a peaceful manner. 

--Bernie Sanders on Google....Dec 30, 2015

To be the one that is of just world....

Treat others kindly... No matter what

It if it's in prison or even Gitmo or 

A godforsaken place...

Treat others kindly and do what best you can

To be the one that is of just world....

Perhaps you will be doing something

The world has failed to do in the first place

Treat others kindly....and 

Do what best you can.

Quote of the day.....

No cause is left but the most ancient of all,

the one, in fact, that from the beginning of 

our history has determined 

the very existence of politics,

the cause of freedom versus tyranny.

-- Hannah Arendt(1906-1975)
Source: The New Yorker, 12 September 1970

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I am not free until I say so.

And there's a good chance

I am going to have to fight once I do.

Ever since I declared my Independence,

I have had to support and defend it.

-- Eric Schaub.

Editor/Publisher of Liberty Quotes,
 American activist, speaker, writer