“Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought. Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools of murder. Strike against preparedness that means death and misery to millions of human beings. Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction. Be heroes in an army of construction.”
Helen Keller (via azelie)
Helen Keller is amazing. Mark Twain said there were the two most interesting personalities in the 19th century, Napoleon and Helen Keller.
Her radicalism is often glossed or ignored completely today, but it was a major embarassment and problem for all the newspapers who fawned on her story of triumph over disabilities suddenly realizing she had Opinions on feminism, suffrage, socialist theory, and media relations.
We also owe her a debt for introducing the Akita dog breed to the US.
This woman is my hero.
Helen Keller is amazing. Mark Twain said there were the two most interesting personalities in the 19th century, Napoleon...
strike against division. strike against class wars inside hearts and minds.
Crazy how only her childhood is taught and recognized in schools and media. She was a radical socialist in adulthood so...