Quotes from authors that died on Feb 20th
No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.
Frederick Douglass
I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.
Frederick Douglass
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity.
Hunter S. Thompson
And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly military doctor, who was a friend of my family.
Rene Cassin
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
Frederick Douglass
Thurston Moore 
Danny DeVito 
Theo de Raadt 
Mary Martin 
Robin Wright Penn 
Drew Bledsoe 
Konrad Lorenz 
Carlos Salinas de Gortari