158 ratings (4.39 avg)
44 reviews

Jeff

Add friend

https://www.goodreads.com/jeffcummings

Jeff’s Bookshelves

to-read‎ (251)
currently-reading‎ (0)

read‎ (190)
did-not-finish‎ (0)

took-a-look-and-lost-interest‎ (0)

Stats | More…

Jeff’s Quotes

“The American Indians were Communists. They were. Every anthropologist will tell you they were Communists. No rich, no poor. If somebody needed something the community chipped in.”
― Pete Seeger

tags: american-indians, communism

27 likes

“It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism.”
― Angela Y. Davis, Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement

122 likes

“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.”
― Bertrand Russel

48 likes

“I don't think we have any alternative other than remaining optimistic. Optimism is an absolute necessity, even if it's only optimism of the will, as Gramsci said, and pessimism of the intellect.”
― Angela Y. Davis, Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement

119 likes

“You didn't see me on television, you didn't see news stories about me. The kind of role that I tried to play was to pick up pieces or put together pieces out of which I hoped organization might come. My theory is, strong people don't need strong leaders.”
― Ella Baker

33 likes

More of Jeff’s quotes…