"The hellish instruments of war must be smoked out while there is still peace. The Trade Union Movement must be compelled not to allow their old resolutions to fade in the files."

-- Carl von Ossietzky

#War Quotes #Movement Quotes #Unions Quotes

“In many countries adult ***** legislation is an attempt to legislate something else.”
“When the two that share destiny part and reunite, beyond the frame of time, the ceased clock will awake and start to tick once again.”
“Uncontrollable consumerism has become a watchword of our culture despite regular and compelling calls for its end. The United States has more malls than high schools; Americans spend more time shopping than reading. ... Some of the most insightful writing about the American character over the nation's history has been about neither freedom nor democracy but about the crazed impulse to acquire things.”
“Our adversaries, numerous and formidable, will say, and will have the right to say, that our Principe CrÃ‡ateur is identical with the Principe GÃ‡nÃ‡rateur of the Indians and Egyptians, and may fitly be symbolized as it was symbolized anciently, by the linage...To accept this in lieu of a personal God is to abandon Christianity and worship of Jehovah and return to wallow in the styles of Paganism.”
“Beauty isn't about looking perfect. It's about celebrating your individuality.”
“Impossibility never prevented anything from happening.”
“The California I knew, old rancho California, is gone. It just doesn't exist, except maybe in little pockets. I lived on the edge of the Mojave Desert, an area that used to be farm country. There were all these fresh-produce stands with avocados and date palms. You could get a dozen artichokes for a buck or something. Totally wiped out now.”
“And off in the far distance, the gold on the wings of the angel atop the bell tower of San Marco flashed in the sun, bathing the entire city in its glistening benediction.”

Source : Donna Leon (2015). “Death In A Strange Country: (Brunetti 2)”, p.151, Random House

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