The only social justice movements worth fighting for are the struggles for justice where you lose, you lose, you lose- until you win.
I. F. StoneIf you live long enough, you get accused of things you never did and praised for virtues you never had.
I. F. StoneYou have to take the long view. First, when Moses came down from Mt. Sinai, man has already progressed to the point where a commandment against cannibalism was no longer necessary. And, second, it's like pissing on a boulder. For the first few thousand years, you don't see any effect. But after that, you start to see a definite impact.
I. F. StoneThe difference between burlesque and the newspapers is that the former never pretended to be performing a public service by exposure.
I. F. Stone