Modern Politicians, Activists, and Protesters
- Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Indian nationalist, jurist, scholar, political leader, Buddhist revivalist and architect of the Indian Constitution
- Aung San Suu Kyi
- Mazie Hirono, U.S. Congresswoman from Hawaii
- Thich Huyen Quang
- Hank Johnson, U.S. Congressman from Georgia (SGI Nichiren Buddhist)
- Thich Quang Do
- Thich Quang Duc
- U Thant, 3rd Secretary General of the United Nations
- Jiyul Sunim - Nun who fasted to stop destruction of Korean salamander lands
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“The modern picture of The Artist began to form: The poor, but free spirit, plebeian but aspiring only to be classless, to cut himself forever free from the bonds of the greedy bourgeoisie, to be whatever the fat burghers feared most, to cross the line wherever they drew it, to look at the world in a way they couldn’t see, to be high, live low, stay young forever—in short, to be the bohemian.”
—Tom Wolfe (b. 1931)
“Now, honestly: if a large group of ... demonstrators blocked the entrances to St. Patrick’s Cathedral every Sunday for years, making it impossible for worshipers to get inside the church without someone escorting them through screaming crowds, wouldn’t some judge rule that those protesters could keep protesting, but behind police lines and out of the doorways?”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1953)