"I don't think there was enough skepticism because I think most of us kind of believed that Saddam Hussein was building biological, chemical, and perhaps even, nuclear weapons."

-- Walter Isaacson

#Thinking Quotes #Nuclear Quotes #Hussein Quotes

“Far from creating independent thinkers, schools have always, throughout history, played an institutional role in a system of control and coercion. And once you are well educated you have already been socialized in ways that support the power structure, which, in turn, rewards you immensely.”
“I can't for the life of me see that by being permissive you actually assist anyone.”
“What wise God would consign a man to Hell for ignorance, instead of teaching him better in the afterlife?”
“The pleasure of revenge is a fleeting emotion that is soon replaced by the affliction of conscience.”
“I have a deadline. I'm glad. I think that will help me get it done.”
“Wealth is a dangerous inheritance, unless the inheritor is trained to active benevolence.”
“If my hands are fully occupied in holding on to something, I can neither give nor receive.”

Source : Dorothee Sölle (1984). “The Strength of the Weak: Toward a Christian Feminist Identity”, p.33, Westminster John Knox Press
“I have four or five ideas that just keep floating around and I want to kind of just let one - like a beautiful butterfly, let it land somewhere.”

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