"Memory is a political act. Forgetfulness is the handmaiden of tyranny."

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Source : James Carroll (2013). “Crusade: Chronicles of an Unjust War”, p.13, Metropolitan Books

James Carroll

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“My work is the only ground I've ever had to stand on.”
“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you.”

Source : "The Wright Style". Book by Carla Lind, p. 3, 1992.
“Books and minds only work when they're open.”
“I wonder what sentences judges might hand down at future international criminal tribunals on those who will be partially but directly responsible for millions of deaths from starvation, famine, and disease in the decades ahead.”

Source : "A climate of censorship" by Brendan O'Neill, www.theguardian.com. November 22, 2006.
“Everyday life is a stimulating mixture of order and haphazardry. The sun rises and sets on schedule but the wind bloweth where it listeth.”
“There does need to be a speed-up of the process.It takes entirely too long to addres5 some of those concerns and, in the process, it becomes so extremely expensive and cumbersome that it tends to turn away those people and companies that want to provide much needed housing.”
“I don't understand the point of being together if you're not the happiest.”
“Four hundred thousand South Africans are dying of AIDS every year. This makes the war on Iraq look like a birthday party.”

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