Rilla Askew famous quotes

I will sacrifice my comfort, my convenience, my economic position in order to stand in protest, but not impose that on everyone else.
-- Rilla Askew

#Sacrifice #Comfort #Economic

There's definitely a fear of the enormity and the chaos of our world. Though many people are afraid, and we don't know what we're afraid of. We have reached an accommodation with life by finding rules and placing an order on the world and saying this is how it is.
-- Rilla Askew

#People #World #Chaos

I think one of the reasons anti-immigration state laws start to happen is they happen in states where there is an enormous influx. In these places, the dominant culture, the Anglo culture has held sway for such a very, very long time. Now, they are living in another culture, another language. They fear losing dominance and control. It is sadly human nature to find a group to scapegoat. This happens throughout man's history.
-- Rilla Askew

#Thinking #Long #Culture

I don't feel I made any sacrifices at all. I'm doing my best to juggle.

Become strong again in spirit, strong in will, strong in endurance, strong to bear all sacrifices

You see, it's been our misfortune to have the wrong religion. Why didn't we have the religion of the Japanese, who regard sacrifice for the Fatherland as the highest good? The Mohammedan religion [Islam] too would have been more compatible to us than Christianity. Why did it have to be Christianity with its meekness and flabbiness?

The stronger must dominate and not blend with the weaker, thus sacrificing his own greatness.

It is a mistake to make propaganda many-sided, like scientific instruction, for instance... As soon as you sacrifice this slogan and try to be many-sided, the effect will piddle away, for the crowd can neither digest nor retain the material offered.

In an emergency, what treatment is given by ear? Words of Comfort.

During negotiations nothing is gained by attacking people's comfort zones.

I am not confident that Europe can make it.

The WTO has one of the most impressive records in global economic governance, by promoting trade liberalisation and economic development.

All too often miners, and indeed other trade unionists, underestimate the economic strength they have.