This is supposed to be a participatory democracy and if we’re not in there participating then the people that will manipulate and exploit the system will step in there.
GEORGE TAKEIWell, 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.
More George Takei Quotes
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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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Nothing is what it seems on the surface of Heroes.
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You know, when a man is raped you never hear about what he was wearing.
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The only thing worse than human ignorance is human pride in that ignorance.
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Our differences in beliefs do not truly separate us, or elevate us over others. Rather, they highlight the rich tapestry that is humanity.
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Do your duty as an American, and as a citizen of the galaxy… Vote!
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I have two passions in my life. One is to raise the awareness of the internment of Japanese-American citizens. My other passion is the theater.
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Pioneering is never done in front of cheerleaders urging on a roaring grandstand of popular approval.
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The starship Enterprise was a metaphor starship Earth, and the vision was that the strength of this starship lay in its diversity.
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Today we have the economic collapse that the whole planet is suffering, but there is hope, and that’s what’s going to keep us moving ahead.
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Yes, I remember the barbed wire and the guard towers and the machine guns, but they became part of my normal landscape. What would be abnormal in normal times became my normality in camp.
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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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But when we came out of camp, that’s when I first realized that being in camp, that being Japanese-American, was something shameful.
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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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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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