“Wars are made to make debt.”

~Ezra Pound, a poet, October 30, 1885 - November 1, 1972.

“Fascism is capitalism plus murder.”

~Upton Sinclair, an author, September 20, 1878 - November 25, 1968.

“The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a writer, August 28, 1849 - March 22, 1832.

“If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when we got through with it.”

~Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States, August 27, 1908 - January 22, 1973.

“Without humility there can be no humanity.”

~John Buchan, a politician, August 26, 1875 - February 11, 1940.

“Every social injustice is not only cruel, but it is economic waste.”

~William Feather, an author, August 25, 1889 - January 7, 1981.

“The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you don't listen to it, you will never know what justice is.”

-Howard Zinn, a historian, August 24, 1922 - January 27, 2010.

“The strength of a civilization is not measured by its ability to fight wars, but rather by its ability to prevent them.”

~Gene Roddenberry, a producer, August 19, 1921 - October 24, 1991.