because knowledge is power
Jan 15, 2026
"I know someone promised that they would make America great. I am telling you, they are doing just the opposite." Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX)
“Our democracy works when everyone has a voice." Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ)
“A society that cannot feed its people cannot sustain itself.” – Vandana Shiva
"The more they threaten us, the more they attack us, the stronger they make us, and the more united they will find us." - Maria Corina Machado
“The word Fascism has now no meaning except in so far as it signifies ‘something not desirable.’” - George Orwell
"In politics, nothing happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” – Edmund Burke
Jan 14, 2026
“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” – Ralph Nader
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy is education.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
“One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” – Plato
“In a democracy, the most important thing is to ensure that the people are informed.” - John F. Kennedy
"Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party." - Winston Churchill
“When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty.” — Thomas Jefferson
“The rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are threatened.” — John F. Kennedy
“Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen.” — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jan 13, 2026
"You are not alone, and we are all in this together, and - straight talk - things are probably going to get worse before they get better, but we are ready for it.” - Kamala Harris
"The most revolutionary thing one can do is always to proclaim loudly what is happening." - Rosa Luxemburg
"In the end, though, freedom depends upon citizens who are able to make a distinction between what is true and what they want to hear." Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny
Jan 12, 2026
"The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion... we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country." Abraham Lincoln
