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You can't just go on having discussions and debates and reading. You've got to do something.

— Ronnie Kasrils

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We all need to be able to draw inspiration from history, past sacrifice, leadership and determination.

The Sharpeville massacre hit me so fiercely that I suddenly realized, you can't just go on having discussions and debates and reading. You've got to do something.

I am one of many Jews internationally, and in Israel itself, who declare, "Not in my name."

Solidarity is a two-way street.

It was brushed under the rug because it was not just embarrassing... but in terms of what it would say about the organisation if it were to come out.

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Francis Bacon Meditationes sacræ (1597)

It is not in the books of the Philosophers, but in the religious symbolism of the Ancients, that we must look for the footprints of Science, and re-discover the Mysteries of Knowledge.

Albert Pike Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry (1871)

There is more than one way to burn a book. And the world is full of people running about with lit matches.

Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 (1953)

People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

Logan Pearsall Smith Afterthoughts (1931)

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