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...history of social struggle is a long one-I have already referred to the revolutionary origins of American society. But long before this country was founded, men and women fought against various tyrants and exploders and the same exploiters clothed themselves in sweet sounding pieties and talk of their rights and their privileges, as if they were somehow beyond question. And always those who dare to question or criticize the status quo are called bad names or ostracized or hunted down as criminals. The story is an old one and it goes back to the dawn of history...

Author: By Robert F. Kennedy jr., | Title: Youth: A rememberance of idealism past | 4/29/1975 | See Source »

Sirs: I must explain at the outset that this full-length cartoon version of the book in which I first found fame was of great interest to me. As the presumed villain of the piece-although, I always thought, a heartily personable one-I was eager to see what Hollywood had done to my image and that of my old friends. Even a rat hears stories of the mangling of classics, and certainly Mr. E.B. White's narrative is a work of such stature...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNICATIONS: Communication Received | 3/5/1973 | See Source »

...know about the rest of them, but I was born during a volcanic eruption in one of the banana countries in Central America. I don't remember which one-I don't even remember the bananas, I hardly remember the stalk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 13, 1946 | 5/13/1946 | See Source »

After signing papers that would extradite from Indiana Nancy Miller, Gypsy fortuneteller who allegedly swindled her of $2,500, volcanic Lupe Velez, Mexican cinemactress, erupted in Hollywood: "I'm really going to fix her up. Number one-I punch her in the nose. Number two-I kick her in the teeth. Number three-I pull her hair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Aug. 5, 1940 | 8/5/1940 | See Source »

...sacred Emperor alone. This time there was every indication that the Tientsin military, although not acting with the foreknowledge of the Government, had its backing. The Domei News Agency said the Cabinet fully approved the action at Tientsin. The Foreign Office at Tokyo considered the incident a local one-i.e., one to be handled by the military...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POWER POLITICS: Lots of Trouble | 6/26/1939 | See Source »

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