"Looked at objectively, it is clear that the overwhelming majority of civilian deaths resulting from political violence are produced by what should be understood as "state terror." Terrorism also serves as an excuse to avoid diplomacy and the peaceful resolution of conflict."

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Source : Source: www.truth-out.org

Richard A. Falk

#Political Quotes #Peaceful Quotes #Majority Quotes

“My remembrance of the past is a novel I am constantly recomposing; and it would not be a historical novel, but sheer fiction, if the material events which mark and ballast my career had not their public dates and characters scientifically discoverable.”
“The world of the Takers is one vast prison, and except for a handful of Leavers scattered across the world, the entire human race is now inside that prison.”
“Some have greatness thrust upon them, but not lately.”
“If the defeated and depressed group of disciples overnight could change into a victorious movement of faith, based only on autosuggestion or self-deception-without a fundamental faith experience-then this would be a much greater miracle than the resurrection itself.”
“Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.”
“A hilarious academic novel that'll send you laughing (albeit ruefully) back into the trenches of the classroom. . . . [A] mordant minor masterpiece. . . . Like the best works of farce, academic or otherwise, Dear Committee Members deftly mixes comedy with social criticism and righteous outrage. By the end, you may well find yourself laughing so hard it hurts.”
“When I looked in his eyes, I just kept on walking.”
“There's never been a finer man in American sports than John Wooden, or a finer coach.”

Source : Rick Reilly (2003). “The Life of Reilly: The Best of Sports Illustrated's Rick Reilly”, Sports Illustrated

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