Recent Notable Quote(s) - 10/28/25

“The establishment will irritate you to make you fight. Because once they’ve got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don’t know how to handle is non-violence and humor.”

John Lennon – The quote is attributed to Lennon and reflects his philosophy of peace activism during the late 1960s and early 1970s (a period of time remembered by us older folks) and from the time of his “Bed-Ins for Peace” with Yoko Ono – a notable opposition event to the Vietnam War.

“From barbarism to civilization requires a century; from civilization to barbarism needs but a day.” 

Will Durant (1885-1981) – an American historian, philosopher, and writer who wrote the 11-volume work The Story of Civilization, co-authored with his wife, Ariel Durant.