Henri La Fontaine famous quotes

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International institutions ought to be, as the national ones in democratic countries, established by the peoples and for the peoples
-- Henri La Fontaine

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Peoples will be as before, the sheep sent to the slaughterhouses or to the meadows as it pleases the shepherds
-- Henri La Fontaine

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The peoples are not awake...[There are dangers] which will render a world organization impossible. I foresee the renewal of...the secret bargaining behind closed doors. Peoples will be as before, the sheep sent to the slaughterhouses or to the meadows as it pleases the shepherds. International institutions ought to be, as the national ones in democratic countries, established by the peoples and for the peoples.
-- Henri La Fontaine

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A country scratching a lazy irritation at sagging doorjambs and late trains, whose greatest attribute is a collective, smelly tolerance, where a chap will put up with almost everything, which means he won't care about anything enough to get out of a chair.A country of public insouciance and private, grubby guilt, where you can believe anything as long as you don't believe it too fervently. A country where the highest aspiration is for a quiet life.
We are apt to say that a foreign policy is successful only when the country, or at any rate the governing class, is united behind it. In reality, every line of policy is repudiated by a section, often by an influential section, of the country concerned. A foreign minister who waited until everyone agreed with him would have no foreign policy at all.
You are talking to a leftist. I believe in the redistribution of wealth and power in the world. I believe in universal hospital care for everyone. I believe that we should not have a single homeless person in the richest country in the world. And I believe that we should not have a C.I.A. that goes around overwhelming governments and assassinating political leaders, working for tight oligarchies around the world to protect the tight oligarchy here at home.
Freemasonry is an institution calculated to benefit mankind.
The family unit is the institution for the systematic production of mental illness.
The Postal Service is a vitally important institution for the American people. It must be saved.
Well the Kopâ€™s exclusive. The Spion Kop at Liverpool is an institution. And if you are a member of the Kop you feel as if you are a member of a big society where youâ€™ve got thousands of friends all roundabout you. And theyâ€™re united and loyal.
No substantial famine has ever occurred in any independent and democratic country with a relatively free press.
It is both a right and a responsibility of a democratic society to manage immigration so that it serves the national interest.
You are never wrong when you have voted because you've acted in accordance with your conscience and your beliefs, and you've exercised your democratic right, which is, you know, perfectly legitimate in our democracies.

Henri La Fontaine famous quotes

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