QUOTES,
Famous and Infamous

That I think, say something important

Collected short quotes, James Carroll, Fred Reed, Jean -Luc Godard, David Cross, Henry Kissinger, Brendan Behan, Ian Buckley, James Madison, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Pat Buchanan, Charles de Montesquieu, L.L. Castetter, T.S. Eliot, Eleanor Roosevelt, .

• We cloak ourselves in cold indifference to the unnecessary suffering of others--even when we cause it.
  ~James Carroll
  
  

• If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
  ~James Madison
  
  
• Wars are the hobbies of half-informed children who have somehow come into possession of the levers of power.
  ~Fred Reed
  
  
• Killing a man in defense of an idea is not defending an idea; it is killing a man.
  ~Jean -Luc Godard
  
  
• You cannot win a War on Terrorism. It’s like having a war on jealousy.
  ~David Cross
  
  
• It's not a matter of what is true that counts but a matter of what is perceived to be true.
  ~Henry Kissinger
  
  
• The terrorist is the one with the small bomb.
  ~Brendan Behan
  
  
• Suspicion must always fall on those who attempt to silence their opponents.
  ~Ian Buckley
  
  
• If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.
  ~James Madison
  
  
• Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.
  ~Franklin D. Roosevelt
  
  
• If we don't stop behaving like the British Empire, we will end up like the British Empire.
  ~Pat Buchanan
  
  
• The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.
  ~Charles de Montesquieu
  
  
• The greatest protection against war is a well educated populace.
  ~L.L. Castetter
  
  
• Justice itself tends to be corrupted by political passion.
  ~T.S. Eliot
  
  
• For it isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
  ~Eleanor Roosevelt
  
  

 

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