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“Despondency becomes not the dignity of our cause, nor the character of those who are its supporters. Let us awaken then, and evince a different spirit, — a spirit that shall inspire the people with confidence in themselves and in us, — a spirit that will encourage them to persevere in this glorious struggle, until their rights and liberties shall be established on a rock.”
— Samuel Adams, addressing a meeting of delegates to the Continental Congress, assembled at Yorktown, Pennsylvania (September 1777), as quoted in The Life and Public Services of Samuel Adams (1865), by William Vincent Wells, Vol. 2, p. 492
“We need not war to awaken human energy. There is at least equal scope for courage and magnanimity in blessing, as in destroying mankind.”
— William Ellery Channing, in "War" (1816)
“I am the choice of their awakening. My samhadi is their samhadi. Their experiences are mine! Their knowledge distilled is my inheritance. Those billions are my one.”
— Frank Herbert, in God Emperor of Dune (1981), The Stolen Journals
“Existence is a mystery, and one should accept it as a mystery and not pretend to have any explanation. No, explanation is not needed – only exclamation, a wondering heart, awakened, surprised, feeling the mystery of life each moment. Then, and only then, you know what truth is. And truth liberates.”
— Osho (Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh), in Never Born, Never Died (2002)
“The goddess awakens in infinite forms and a thousand disguises. She is found where she is least expected, appears out of nowhere and everywhere to illumine the open heart.”
— Starhawk, in a Bodhi Tree Bookstore presentation (December 1999)
“I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.”
— Attributed to Isoroku Yamamoto after the attack on Pearl Harbor, as portrayed in the film Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970), written by Larry Forester, Hideo Oguni and Ryuzo Kikushima. Though it is thought that it summarizes Yamamoto's sentiments well, a definite source for this quote has never been provided. William Safire wrote that there is no printed evidence to support the attribution. Safire's Political Dictionary, page 666. For more information see the Wikipedia article "Isoroku Yamamoto's sleeping giant quote".

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