February 1

February 1 Quotes of the day from previous years:


 * 2005
 * There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. ~ American proverb
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2006
 * I've known rivers: I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. ~ Langston Hughes ~ (born 1 February 1902)
 * selected by Kalki


 * 2007
 * I tire so of hearing people say, Let things take their course. Tomorrow is another day. I do not need my freedom when I’m dead. I cannot live on tomorrow’s bread. ~ Langston Hughes ~
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2008
 * Reason is the life of the law; nay, the common law itself is nothing else but reason. ~ Edward Coke
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2009
 * Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. ~ Langston Hughes ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2010
 * What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? ~ Langston Hughes ~
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2011
 * Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. ~ Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ~ (Abraham Lincoln, largely responsible for the passage of this amendment, added his signature of approval to the archival copy of the document on this date, after it had been passed in Congress the day before.)
 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2012
 * When you turn the corner And you run into yourself Then you know that you have turned All the corners that are left. ~ Langston Hughes ~
 * proposed by InvisibleSun


 * 2013


 * proposed by bystander


 * 2014


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 * 2015


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2016


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 * 2017


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 * 2018


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 * 2019


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 * 2020


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 * 2021


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 * 2022


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 * 2023


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 * 2024


 * proposed by Kalki


 * 2025 : Rank or add further suggestions…

Suggestions
The law is the surest sanctuary, that a man should take, and the strongest fortresse to protect the weakest of all. ~ Edward Coke (born February 1, 1552)
 * 3 InvisibleSun 06:48, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
 * 1 Zarbon 21:37, 22 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 2 Kalki 18:09, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

O, let America be America again — The land that never has been yet — And yet must be — the land where every man is free. ~ Langston Hughes ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 00:47, 24 January 2011 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

''Sure, call me any ugly name you choose — The steel of freedom does not stain. From those who live like leeches on the people's lives, We must take back our land again, America!'' ~ Langston Hughes ~
 * 3 Kalki (talk &middot; contributions) 00:47, 24 January 2011 (UTC) with a strong lean toward 4.


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 15:29, 31 March 2014 (UTC)


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 15:29, 31 March 2014 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.


 * 3 ♞☤☮♌︎Kalki ⚚⚓︎⊙☳☶⚡ 23:29, 31 January 2017 (UTC)