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.
- Thomas Jefferson, American Declaration of Independence
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/


http://www.constitution.org/

http://laws.justice.gc.ca/en/C-12.3/ Canadian Bill of Rights

Learn how Native North Americans gave the concepts behind the U.S. Constitution to the Founding Fathers here:
http://www.iroquoisdemocracy.pdx.edu/

Everyone has the right … to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 19
http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html

“Peace, Order, Good Government”
Go here to read the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms:
http://198.103.98.49/en/Charter/index.html

When sleeping women wake, mountains move.
– Chinese proverb

The humbleness of a warrior is not the humbleness of the beggar. The warrior lowers his head to no one, but at the same time, he doesn’t permit anyone to lower his head to him. The beggar, on the other hand, falls to his knees at the drop of a hat and scrapes the floor to anyone he deems to be higher; but at the same time, he demands that someone lower than him scrape the floor for him.
- Carlos Castaneda

May God bless you with discomfort at easy answers, half truths and superficial relationships, so that you will live deep within your heart.
May God bless you with anger at injustice, oppression and exploitation of people, so that you will work for justice, equality and peace.
May God bless you with tears to shed for those who suffer from pain, rejection, starvation and war, so that you will reach out your hand to comfort them and change their pain into joy.
And may God bless you with the foolishness to think that you can make a difference in the world, so that you will do the things which others tell you cannot be done.
A Franciscan Blessing
http://www.allsaintsbrookline.org/prayers/prayer4.html

Telling lies to the young is wrong.
Proving to them that lies are true is wrong.
Telling them that God's in his heaven
and all's well with the world is wrong.
The young know what you mean. The young are people.
Tell them the difficulties can't be counted,
and let them see not only what will be
but see with clarity these present times.
Say obstacles exist they must encounter
sorrow happens, hardship happens.
The hell with it. Who never knew
the price of happiness will not be happy.
Forgive no error you recognize,
it will repeat itself, increase,
and afterwards our pupils
will not forgive in us what we forgave.
- Yevgeny Yevtushenko,
Yevtushenko: Selected Poems

The master's tools can take down the master's house.

One day an army of grey-haired old women may quietly take over the world.
- Gloria Steinem

“We are the people who run this country. We are the deciders. And every single day, every single one of us needs to step outside and take some action to help stop this war. Raise hell. Think of something to make the ridiculous look ridiculous. Make our troops know we're for them and trying to get them out of there. Hit the streets to protest Bush's proposed surge. If you can, go to the peace march in Washington on Jan. 27. We need people in the streets, banging pots and pans and demanding, “Stop it, now!””
- Molly Ivins

“Barbarians are not beauty-lovers; they are money-lovers.” ~ Lucian 120-190 AD

Και θελω αναπληρωσει εις εσας τα ετη, τα οποια κατεφαγεν η ακρις, ο βρουχος και η ερυσιβη και η καμπη, το στρατευμα μου το μεγα, το οποιον εξαπεστειλα εναντιον σας.