"Apocalyptic expectations ran riot in 1917, and had a major influence on Allied policies towards Palestine and the Jewish people. The propaganda of all nations was amazingly religious and apocalyptic - ghosts and visions, crucifixions and sacrifice, crusaders and holy warriors."

-- Philip Jenkins

#Religious Quotes #Sacrifice Quotes #Warrior Quotes

“Blacks have traditionally had to operate in a situation where whites have set themselves up as the custodians of the black experience.”
“I admire our ancestors, whoever they were. I think the first self-conscious person must have shaken in his boots. Because as he becomes self-conscious, he's no longer part of nature. He sees himself against nature. He looks at the vastness of the universe and it looks hostile.”
“Resistants were on the right side, SalÃ² Republic's combatants on the wrong one. (...) One cannot equate who was fighting for a right cause of equality and freedom, and who, apart of goodfaith, was on the wrong side. (...) The judgement of the Right [on Fascism] have to be negative, due to freedom limitation. (...) We cannot deny ourselves history, and Fascism was a dictatorship that denied some fundamental freedoms.”

Source : Il Corriere della Sera, September 13, 2008.
“No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it.”
“You are the land. The land is you.”
“I'm missing something when I'm sleeping.”
“I can't think of a subject that is taboo for me, unless it's one I simply don't know anything about.”
“I wasn't comfortable on stage for years. It was good - 18 shows. I want to do it again.”

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