WEEKEND QUOTABLES
Brandon Victor Dixon (Aaron Burr)
“We, sir, we are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our planet, our children, our parents, or defend us and uphold our inalienable rights, sir." -- Hamilton cast to Mike PenceAlt-Right leader, Richard B. Spencer
“I do think we have a psychic connection, or you can say a deeper connection, with Donald Trump in a way that we simply do not have with most Republicans.” -- New York TimesTa-Nehisi Coates on Trump election
"This is who we are. If you understand the history of this country, this is nothing new so we should not be shocked. If we look at 250 years of slavery, you look at Frederick Douglas during reconstruction seeing it overturned, you look at Ida B Wells going south to document lynching, and all the violence we always suffer. Then you would know it is the same country and we just need go get up in the morning and get ready to fight.” -- At NCTE
John McCain (Store this one away for future reference)
“I don’t give a damn what the president of the United States wants to do or Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: WEEKEND QUOTABLES: