Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970) -French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 in order to reestablish democracy in France. In 1958, he came out of retirement when appointed President of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister) by President René Coty. He rewrote the Constitution of France and founded the Fifth Republic after approval by referendum. He was elected President of France later that year, reelected in 1965 until his resignation in 1969.

Bertrand Russell (1872–1970) British philosopher, writer, mathematician, logician, historian, social critic, political activist, and Nobel Laureate.

Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865)

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809 -1892) - British poet who become the most popular poet of the Victorian era and remains one of the most popular British poets.

Ralph Waldo Emerson ~ (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) American poet, philosopher and essayist.

Rachel Louise Carson (1907 - 1964) was an American scientist, writer, ecologist and conservationist. Her book, Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement.

Walter Mondale (1928 - 2021) American politician, diplomat, and lawyer . He served as the 42nd vice president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 during President Jimmy Carter administration. 

Seneca - (4 BC – AD 65) Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger mostly known as Seneca, was a Roman Stoic Philosopher and  statesman, from the Silver Age of Latin Literature. 

Walt Whitman - (1819 - 1892) American poet, essayist, and journalist.

The Tao Te Ching  is a Chinese Classic Text traditionally credited to the 6th-century BC sage LaoZi, also known as Lao Tzu or Lao-Tze.

"Repetition makes a fact seem more true, regardless of whether it is or not. It is a law of propaganda often attributed to the Nazi Joseph Goebbels.  Understanding this effect can help you avoid falling for propaganda, says psychologist Tom Stafford".....
...."The key finding is that people tend to rate items they've seen before as more likely to be true, regardless of whether they are true or not, and seemingly for the sole reason that they are more familiar".... Click to read Tom Stafford's article published by the BBC on October 26, 2016

Wayne W. Dyer (1940 - 2015) was an American motivational speaker as well as a self-help and spiritual author. He wrote dozens of books. His first book, "Your Erroneous Zones, sold over 100 million copies and is considered one of the best selling books of all times.

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Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885) French poet, novelist, and dramatist. He is considered to be one of the greatest French writers.

Frank Ocean - American singer, songwriter, record producer, photographer, and visual artist. He is considered to be among the most acclaimed artists of his generation and is recognized for his unique musical style and wide vocal range. 

André Paul Guillaume Gide (1869 - 1951)  French author known for his fiction as well as his autobiographical works. He was the winner of the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. 

Toni Morrison (1931 - 2019) - American writer and poet, born in Lorain, Ohio,  She received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993.

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (1809 -1892) - British poet who become the most popular poet of the Victorian era and remains one of the most popular British poets. 

Euripides (480 - 406 BC) Born in the Salamis Island, Greece. He was one of the great Athenian playwrights and poets. Of his 90 plays,18 have survived the centuries since he wrote them.

Martin Luther King Jr. - (1929 - 1968) American Christian minister, activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.

”Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. The world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children"

Address given by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower on April 16, 1953, speaking only three months into his presidency. The Cold War deepened during his administration and political pressures for increased military spending mounted. By the time he left office in 1961, he felt it necessary to warn of the military-industrial complex.