“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.”

John Steinbeck

“Stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.”

Leo Tolstoy

“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”

Charles Bukowski

“War is the massacre of people who don’t know each other for the profit of people who do.”

Paul Valery

“We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of the few, but we can’t have both.”

Louis Brandeis