"The photographs of one dead terrorist mastermind carry no real news or information about the nature or horror of war. They just create sensation instead of deeper understanding."

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Source : "Ask the Author Live: Philip Gourevitch on Osama Bin Laden". www.newyorker.com. May 4, 2011.

Philip Gourevitch

#Real Quotes #War Quotes #Our World Quotes

“The Constitution's framers intended to restrict central authority to the few areas that could not be handled by states. The drafters would be horrified at how the present court misapplies what they designed.”
“Economists have the correct insight that economics is a theory of choice, the key to the story is the variety of options and centralised political control limits the options. The best recipe is adaptive efficiency coping with novel uncertainty in a non-ergodic world, the maintenance of institutions which enable trial & error experiment to occur, and an effective means of eliminating unsuccessful solutions”
“I'm proud of my record of negotiating agreements, representing people and making sure that both employers and employees could get the best out of going to work every day.”

Source : Source: www.abc.net.au
“On the stage you're there, it's live. There's a beginning, a middle, an end. When something is funny you hear it right away.”
“We're right next to Mile High Stadium. I'm no rocket scientist, but...uh...(smile).”
“Oh, my. I'd forgotten how much I hate space travel.”
“I want to provoke people with thoughts, not by taking my clothes off. It's time to move on from Stripperville.”
“Two things made this country great: White men & Christianity. The degree these two have diminished is in direct proportion to the corruption and fall of the nation. Every problem that has arisen (sic) can be directly traced back to our departure from God's Law and the disenfranchisement of White men.”

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