Where Conversations Shape Our Future

"The spirit of democracy cannot be imposed from without. It has to come from within."

Mahatma Gandhi

Leader of Indian Independence Movement

"I raise up my voice—not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard."

Malala Yousafzai

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

"Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home..."

Eleanor Roosevelt

Champion of Human Rights

"A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy."

Nelson Mandela

South African President & Freedom Fighter

"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."

Margaret Mead

Cultural Anthropologist

"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

Martin Luther King Jr.

Civil Rights Leader

"The cornerstone of democracy rests on the foundation of an educated electorate."

Thomas Jefferson

3rd U.S. President, 1776

"The peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing the human race."

John Stuart Mill

Philosopher, 1859

"If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all."

Noam Chomsky

Philosopher & Political Activist