William Shakespeare Quotes
So distribution should undo excess, and each man have enough.
Shakespeare, William. King Lear. Edited by Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine, Simon & Schuster, 1993.
Peace on Earth
This sentiment was later expressed by the radical, Emma Goldman. She went to jail.
The Anabaptists under January Matthys became Europe’s first communists sharing property equally and first and then making property communal. Other religious groups followed the communal property lead.
Ironically, at the time the great worry was the ability to produce sufficient food for the whole world. Today, we find that task relatively easy, but we still have malnutrition and starvation on some parts of the world. Supply is only one factor. Distribution is as critical.
To Republicans of the 21st century, it is shocking the Taft (and Theodore Roosevelt) were strong advocates of reducing the economic gulf between the rich and poor.
Campaigning for the U. S. Senate in Alabama in 1948. This was a remarkably courageous statement to make in 1948 when racism and segregation was rampant in the South. Potentially losing the election was a minor risk compared to the very real threat of the KKK and other racists physically assaulting her or killing her. Both were very common as lynching to intimidate opponents of segregation was a common occurrence.
William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's greatest dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon" (or simply "the Bard"). His extant works, including collaborations, consist of some 39 plays, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems, and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. They also continue to be studied and reinterpreted.
