QUOTES,
Famous and Infamous

That I think, say something important

Collected short quotes, Nigger Mandella, Nelson Mandela, Ramman Kenoun, Ramman Kenoun, James Wolcott, From Fear to Eternity, Lewis Mumford, Walt Kelly, Pogo, Ramman Kenoun, Rick DellaRatta, Ramman Kenoun, Michael Corleone, The Godfather, James Madison, Edward Abbey, Dick Cheney, John Adams, John V. Lindsay.

• If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
  ~Nelson Mandela
  
  
• All it takes is a single act of aggression to permanently wound a nation's reputation.
  ~Ramman Kenoun
  
  

• The tyrant always talks as if he's preserving the best interests of his people when he actually acts to undermine them.
  ~Ramman Kenoun
  
  
• It’s one thing to fight for what you believe in, another thing to fight for what others believe in.
  ~James Wolcott (in his article “From Fear to Eternity” in Vanity Fair, March 2005)
  
  
• The lies the government and media tell are amplifications of the lies we tell ourselves. To stop being conned, stop conning yourself.
  ~James Wolcott (in his article “From Fear to Eternity,” Vanity Fair, March 2005 )
  
  
• Misery, mutilation, destruction, terror, starvation and death characterize the process of war and form a principal part of the product.
  ~Lewis Mumford (from "Technics and Civilization")
  
  
• We have met the enemy and he is us.
  ~Walt Kelly (Cartoonist, notably of "Pogo." lived 1913-1973.)
  
  
• Patriotism lies not in blind obedience to authority, but in the desire to search for the truth.
  ~Ramman Kenoun
  
  
• When we fill our souls up with creativity, artistry and intelligence ...we have a better chance at avoiding the behavior that leads to destruction.
  ~Rick DellaRatta (Rick DellaRatta is founder of the group Jazz for Peace.)
  
  
• The only antidote to the poison of war is the public's courage to disagree with their leader.
  ~Ramman Kenoun
  
  
• Politics and crime are the same thing.
  ~Michael Corleone (from "The Godfather: Part III")
  
  
• War...should only be declared by the authority of the people...instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.
  ~James Madison
  
  
• A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
  ~Edward Abbey
  
  
• The question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many.
  ~Dick Cheney (Speaking to the Discovery Institute after the first Gulf War, on 8/14/1992, when he was Secretary of Defense.)
  
  
• Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak; and that it is doing God's service...
  ~John Adams
  
  
• Those who suppress freedom always do so in the name of law and order.
  ~John V. Lindsay
  
  

 

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