I think we learn more from those times in our history where we stumbled as a democracy than we learn from the glorious chapters.
GEORGE TAKEI
Should any terrorist strike or act of war occur in which American lives are lost, we must be on guard for any attempt by the government to turn that tragedy into justification for sweeping action.
More George Takei Quotes
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I think we learn more from those times in our history where we stumbled as a democracy than we learn from the glorious chapters.
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I spent my boyhood behind the barbed wire fences of American internment camps and that part of my life is something that I wanted to share with more people.
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I’m a civic busybody and I’ve been blessed with an active career.
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Well, it gives, certainly to my father, who is the one that suffered the most in our family, and understanding of how the ideals of a country are only as good as the people who give it flesh and blood.
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If leadership requires a fired-up sense of purpose and imagination, it also demands a profound connection to the society to be led.
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I myself am a Buddhist, not a Christian. But I cannot help but think that if Christ ran a public establishment, it would be open to all, and He would be the last to refuse service to anyone. It is, simply put, the most un-Christian of notions.
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You know, when a man is raped you never hear about what he was wearing.
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As the old saying goes, I was simply looking for fan love, in Alderaan places.
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The large majority of faith-based people are decent, fair-minded people. We should not characterize people of faith as the adversaries of GLBT equality.
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There is more story in a minor character like Boba Fett than there is in all the clutter of various vampires in the Twilight franchise.
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We have to be vigilant about how the Trump administration may try to divide us from each other.
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We need to take our passion and effect real change at the local, state, and federal levels, to help elect progressive leaders, and to stem the tide of division, fear and scapegoating.
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I’ve run the marathon several times, so I definitely don’t look like the Great Ancestor!
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Life is too short not to order the bacon dessert.
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Social media is like ancient Egypt: writing things on walls and worshiping cats.
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You know, I grew up in two American internment camps, and at that time I was very young.
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