13 FEB 2012 by ideonexus

 Be As Revolutionary as Science

Do the day’s work. If it be to protect the rights of the weak, whoever objects, do it. If it be to help a powerful corporation better to serve the people, whatever the opposition, do that. Expect to be called a stand-patter, but don’t be a stand-patter. Expect to be called a demagogue, but don’t be a demagogue. Don’t hesitate to be as revolutionary as science. Don’t hesitate to be as reactionary as the multiplication table. Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the str...
Folksonomies: inspiration speech
Folksonomies: inspiration speech
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Speech (7 Jan 1914), to the State Senate of Massachusetts upon election as its president.