“Sure, the internet is a place that frequently makes a mockery of serious things. But some things, like real, life-altering trauma, should be left the hell alone.”— Hafeezah Nazim, nylon.com
“The economy is doing well when no one goes hungry. When everyone has a home to go to and doesn't have to worry about keeping the heat or lights on. When healthcare is automatic and an illness does not cause bankruptcy. When education is accessible to all.”— Maureen Johnson, twitter.com
“We don't get to choose whether to care, but we do get to choose what to care about.”— John Green, youtube.com
“Why do we electrocute men for murdering an individual and then pin a purple heart on them for mass slaughter of someone arbitrarily labeled 'enemy?'”— Sylvia Plath, amazon.com
“A person of good intelligence and sensitivity cannot exist in this society very long without having some anger about the inequality - and it’s not just a bleeding-heart, knee-jerk, liberal kind of a thing - it is just a normal human reaction to a nonsensical set of values where we have cinnamon flav…”— George Carlin, bohology.tumblr.com
“In politics and in life, ignorance is not a virtue. It’s not cool to not know what you’re talking about. That’s not keeping it real or telling it like it is. That’s not challenging political correctness. That’s just not knowing what you’re talking about.”— Barack Obama, vox.com