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I proceed, gentlemen, to call your attention to the present state of insane persons confined within the commonwealth; in cages, closets, cellars, stalls, pens; chained, naked, beaten with rods, and lashed into obedience.

Dorothea Lynde Dix (1843). “Memorial: To the Legislature of Massachusetts [protesting Against the Confinement of Insane Persons and Idiots in Almshouses and Prisons]”, p.4

Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.

Martin Luther King (Jr.), Alex Ayres (1993). “The Wisdom of Martin Luther King, Jr”, Plume

Courage calls to courage everywhere, and its voice cannot be denied.

Millicent Garrett Fawcett (2011). “The Women's Victory - and After: Personal Reminiscences, 1911-1918”, p.66, Cambridge University Press

Courage is grace under pressure.

When asked what he meant by 'guts' in an interview with Dorothy Parker: 'New Yorker' 30 November 1929