for some years, many people have felt that they have not been listened to or represented by their government. We encourage artists to rise and give voice to those previously invisible persons in an exhibition to be presented during the Democratic national convention, held in Denver, Colorado, August 25th - 28th, 2008
“Let us dare to read, think, speak and write” John Adams
“A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people. “ John F. Kennedy
“The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience.” Mohandas Gandhi
“All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.” Thomas Jefferson
“Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.” Leonardo Da Vinci
“The advancement and diffusion of knowledge is the only guardian of true liberty.” James Madison
“It is error only, and not truth, that shrinks from inquiry.” Thomas Paine
“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.” Pablo Picasso
“Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.” Robert Kennedy
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to the American public.” Theodore Roosevelt
“The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.”
“I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take this any more.”
Paddy Chayevsky (the movie “Network”)
"What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say about their cause, but what they say about their opponents."
“A thousand whispers cannot be denied” Anon
“We’re here, We’re here, We’re here”
Dr. Seuss (the book “Horton Hears a Who”)
"Each time a man stands for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, these ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance." Robert Kennedy
“Be the change that you want to see in the world. “ Mohandas Gandhi
