I get inspiration for quotes and phrases to use on the front of my cards from many places. Two of the best are protest signs and social media memes. When I see something I like, I either write it down or take a screenshot of it. When I feel stuck about what to say, even if I don't use exactly what they said, the ideas seem to give me a big boost of inspiration.
If you are having a hard time coming up with what to write on your postcard or protest sign, maybe some of these will help get you started -
Billionaires
There are no ethical billionaires."We must especially beware of that small group of selfish men who would clip the wings of the American eagle in order to feather their own nests.” -FDR, 1941Memo to the media: Please don't say inflation is at a 40-year high without also mentioning that corporate profits are at a 70-year high. Give the people the full picture. - Robert ReichThe real truth was always just "You get more selfish the more money you have”.Fifty years of “trickle down” has turned millionaires into billionaires & the working class into the working poor.The only minority destroying the country are billionaires."Poverty exists not because we cannot feed the poor, but because we cannot satisfy the rich." ~ Anonymous8 men have more money that 4 billion people combined. A single mom using food stamps isn’t the problem.We can’t afford THE RICH anymore. It’s time to tax them!Why are things expensive? 4 companies control 55% to 85% of the meat market. 4 airlines control 80% of air travel. 3 companies control 92% of the soda market. 3 companies control 73% of the cereal market. Why don't I hear about it? Because 6 companies control 90% of the news.Immigrants, Due Process
Without due process, they can send ANY OF US to a concentration camp.Due process guarantees ALL of us the right to defend ourselves against an accusation.Due process is the opportunity to be heard. Without it, no one is safe.Immigrants built America. Billionaires are breaking it.Could someone explain which crimes get you deported and which ones get you elected president? It’s so confusing.How did a nation of immigrants become a nation that hates immigrants?Less Detention, More CompassionKeep the Immigrants. Deport the Racists.MYTH: Illegal immigrants get food stamps and Medicaid. FACT: Undocumented immigrants are NOT eligible for food stamps or Medicaid.If it's illegal to hire undocumented workers then how come only the workers are being arrested? Why not the business owners who hired them?Let’s melt the ICEPeace can only last where human rights are respected.Injustice ANYWHERE is a threat to justice EVERYWHERE.All of us are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.Migration is an act of courage.No human being is illegal.We all deserve to be treated fair and right.Every human has rights.Human rights for all. No justice, no peace.
MAGA, Trump Supporters
One day, years and years from now, some kids will find an old red hat in a box in their great grandpa’s attic and be shocked and ashamed of what their ancestors allowed to happen. - Nick Jack PappasI'm so tired of being told, "We disagree politically, but that doesn't mean we can't be friends!" Dude, if your political opinion is that children shouldn't be fed, that the poor shouldn't be housed, that the sick shouldn't be cared for, that women shouldn't control their bodies, that Americans can't marry who they love, or that certain people shouldn't exist… Yes, that most definitely means that we can't be friends."It depresses the hell out of me that people I grew up with or l am related to have turned into people that I wouldn't tell where Anne Frank was hiding.”The paradox of tolerance states: if a society is tolerant without limit, its ability to be tolerant is, in time, seized or destroyed by the intolerant.Here's the biggest difference between us and them. They think they have won. We know everyone has lost.Nazis / Hitler / Dictators
"Historians have a word for Germans who joined the Nazi party, not because they hated Jews, but out of a hope for restored patriotism, or a sense of economic anxiety, or a hope to preserve their religious values, or dislike of their opponents, or raw political opportunism, or convenience, or ignorance, or greed. That word is "Nazi." Nobody cares about their motives anymore.” - Julius Goat“Nice people made the best Nazis. My mom grew up next to them. They got along, refused to make waves, looked the other way when things got ugly and focused on happier things than “politics.” They were lovely people who turned their heads as their neighbors were dragged away. You know who weren’t nice people? Resisters.” ― Naomi ShulmanThe real damage is done by those millions who want to 'survive.' The honest men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don't want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those with no sides and no causes. Those who don't like to make waves— or enemies. - Sophie Scholl, (1921-1943) Sophie Scholl was executed in 1943 for leading a non-violent student protest against the Nazis. Her final words are a message for all time.Every time I taught The Diary of Anne Frank, the students in my class would ask how in the world could that have happened? How could normal people let it happen Look around, friends. - Jess PiperWe don’t take an oath to a king or queen or tyrant. We don’t take an oath to a wannabe dictator. We take an oath to the Constitution. - General Mark MilleyThe law is not a moral compass. The people who hid Anne Frank were breaking the law. The people who killed her were following it.First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out because was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came forvthe Jews, and I did not speak out Because Iwas not a Jew. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak tor me. THEY ARE BACK! Which side of history will you fall on?What would you have done to prevent the rise of fascism in Germany in the 30s? Do that NOW!!!Sorry folks, but ignoring it is what the Germans did.The Nazis in the Nuremberg trials all said they were just doing their jobs.Being on the wrong side of history when it’s repeating itself is like failing an open book test.
Standing Up Against Evil
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” — Archbishop Desmond Tutu“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.” — Dr Martin Luther King Jr“Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.” — Haile Selassie“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” — Alice Walker“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” — Dr Martin Luther King Jr“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.” — Elie Wiesel“Washing one’s hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.” — Paulo Freire“The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.” - Martin Luther King, Jr. "The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything." - Albert EinsteinAfter Trump is gone, one of the things I’m going to remember is the cowardice of people who went along."In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King
Religion
"I don't want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the political right. The hard right has no interest in religion except to manipulate it.” - Rev. Billy Graham, Parade, 1981GOP MEETING: "Before we discuss raising taxes on the poor & middle class, adding $1 trillion to the deficit, taking health insurance away from 13 million, raising premiums by 10%, defending treason and swearing in a pedophile, let's begin with a prayer.”You are not being asked to change your beliefs or religion. You are being asked to let people make their own decisions about their body, their religion, their love, and so on. It doesn't affect you. If you truly believe it is wrong then let God judge them and worry about your judgement instead.So apparently the Bible is super relevant if you're baking a cake for some gay people but not when it comes to helping refugees, immigrants, and the poor people. GotchaFrom John Pavlovitz: Since the Evangelicals love to quote Leviticus so much: "And if a man from another country is living in your land with you, do not make life hard for him; Let him be to you as one of your countrymen and have love for him as for yourself.” - Leviticus, 19:33-34
Statue of Liberty, The Constitution, Freedom, Democracy
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breath free.
I'm not saying they're intentionally trying to shut down small businesses, destroy the middle class, transfer the majority of the wealth to the world's largest corporations, and divide us with fear and hatred. But if they were, what would they be doing differently?We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the Courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who would pervert the Constitution. - Abraham LincolnThe most frightening thing about today's politics is that we could be mere months away from losing our democracy. The second most frightening thing is how few people realize that.Patriotism isn't blind loyalty. It's the courage to say this country is hurting people and we have to do better.“We can either have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can not have both.”
Trump
Of course we have a mess. We hired a bull to run a china shop.
Trump is smart like a thumb smarts, when you slam it with a hammer.We didn’t elect a mob boss.The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him. - Niccolò MachiavelliRaise your hand if you haven't forgotten that Trump called America's fallen heroes who died in war "suckers and losers.”Did you know? The word "trumpery" appeared in the 15th century with the meanings "deceit" or "fraud". 100 years later, it was being applied to objects of no value. Then in the 1900's, it came to mean "showy but worthless”.I am a USAF veteran. Please do not tell me "Thank you for your service," and then turn around and support a draft-dodging coward who refers to me as a "sucker and loser" for serving. - Major Mark Gieringer, USAF (Retired)
Misc
Aren’t you tired of the hate?Hate is NOT making us great.Hate never made America great.We are currently living under a regime that employs over 30 people who used to work for a TV station that was fined $787 Million for lying to it’s viewers.Power of the PeopleThis all ends when enough of us say NO. It’s really simple. They are taking programs from us so they can use the money they save to line their own pockets. They are heartless thieves operating like organized crime. But they underestimate the power of the people.The road to fascism is lined with people telling you to stop overreacting.The word woke is becoming more beautiful by the day. Why? Because the absolute worst people on earth use it as a slur against everything that is good. Stay woke!Not a single Republican member of Congress suggested cutting Trump's $3 million golf trips BEFORE CUTTING BENEFITS TO CHILDREN, THE ELDERLY AND VETERANS.“STOP TALKING ABOUT EPSTEIN!!!!! “- Donald TrumpEvery single Republican member of Congress voted to block the release of the Epstein files.
