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  1. A quotation from Mark Twain

    I was afraid of a united Church; it makes a mighty power, the mightiest conceivable, and then when it by and by gets into selfish hands, as it is always bound to do, it means death to human liberty and paralysis to human thought.

    Mark Twain (1835–1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
    Novel (1889), A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, Part 3 “The Tale of the Lost Land,” ch. 10 “Beginnings of Civilization”

    More about this quote: wist.info/twain-mark/85458/

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  2. A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

    What is going on in the Un-American Activities Committee worries me primarily because little people have become frightened and we find ourselves living in the atmosphere of a police state, where people close doors before they state what they think or look over their shoulders apprehensively before they express an opinion.


    Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
    Column (1947-10-29), “My Day”

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/80…

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  3. A quotation from Charles Mackay

    Keep, Galileo, to thy thought,
       And nerve thy soul to bear;
    They may gloat o’er the senseless words they wring
       From the pangs of thy despair:
    They may veil their eyes, but they cannot hide
       The sun’s meridian glow;
    The heel of a priest may tread thee down,
       And a tyrant work thee woe;
    But never a truth has been destroyed:
       They may curse it, and call it crime;
    Pervert and betray, or slander and slay
       Its teachers for a time.
    But the sunshine aye shall light the sky,
       As round and round we run;
    And the truth shall ever come uppermost,
       And justice shall be done.

    Charles Mackay (1814-1889) Scottish poet, journalist, song writer
    Poem (1847), “Eternal Justice,” st. 4

    More info about this quote: wist.info/mackay-charles/79828…

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