Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

In the richest country in the history of the world this Obama economy has crushed the middle class. Family income has fallen by $4 0 but health insurance premiums are higher food prices are higher utility bills are higher and gasoline prices have doubled. Today more Americans wake up in poverty than ever before.

Time after time we're told corporations should have freedom from pesky job safety regulations environmental protections and labor standards - giving working people the freedom to be crushed in collapsing mines choke on filthy air and get paid too little to live on.

If you saw a dog going to be crushed under a car wouldn't you help him?

Even crushed against his brother in the Tube the average Englishman pretends desperately that he is alone.