Father, Ignorant, Learned, Mark Twain

“When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.” ― Mark Twain

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1244.Mark_Twain.

Tell the Truth, Weapon, Alexei Navalny

“We must do what they fear--tell the truth, spread the truth. This is the most power weapon against this regime of liars, thieves, and hypocrites. Everyone has this weapon. So make use of it.” ― Alexei Navalny, Patriot: A Memoir

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/7149583.Alexei_Navalny.

Nation of Sheep, Government of Wolves, Freedom, Edward R. Murrow

"A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves." - Edward R. Murrow

"We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home." - Edward R. Murrow

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Painful, Sudden Change, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein

“Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.” ― Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/11139.Mary_Wollstonecraft_Shelley.

Country's Greatness, Retain Compassion, Thurgood Marshall

“The measure of a country's greatness is its ability to retain compassion in times of crisis.” ― Thurgood Marshall

Found on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/331989.Thurgood_Marshall.

Can, Should, Will, Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

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Leave Something Behind, Child, Book, Garden, Ray Bradbury

“Everyone must leave something behind when he dies, my grandfather said. A child or a book or a painting or a house or a wall built or a pair of shoes made. Or a garden planted. Something your hand touched some way so your soul has somewhere to go when you die, and when people look at that tree or that flower you planted, you're there.

"It doesn't matter what you do, he said, so long as you change something from the way it was before you touched it into something that's like you after you take your hands away. The difference between the man who just cuts lawns and a real gardener is in the touching, he said. The lawn-cutter might just as well not have been there at all; the gardener will be there a lifetime.” ― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

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