"Mustafa Kemal's government was certainly authoritarian, but he had a saying which is profoundly true, I don't remember the exact words, but what he said was that I am a dictator so that there will never again be a dictator in Turkey, and I think that was right. He felt that there were certain changes which needed to be made. He wanted to make those changes, he felt they were essential."

-- Bernard Lewis

#Thinking Quotes #Remember Quotes #Dictator Quotes

“What should be the future of Israel? Is the land the most important choice, and for that reason to keep the whole of the land at any cost, or to have a partition and build the Jewish state on part of the land? And the other part?”
“You can get a few seasons out of power, even accomplish some things, but over time power can be very damaging to relationships.”

Source : James C. Hunter (2008). “The Servant: A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership”, p.32, Crown Business
“We all have different athletic strengths, but I bring a mentality, a physical toughness, an attitude, that they do not have, that helps me with the athleticism.”

Source : Source: prointerviews.org
“I try to leave out the parts readers skip.”
“I will not dance to your war drum!”
“A lot of the questions that anyone would naturally have about their family, you'll get much of the answers for, or at least hints to where it will go, in the future.”
“I selected an enormous Marine Corps emblem to be tattooed across my chest. It required several sittings and hurt me like the devil, but the finished product was worth the pain. I blazed triumphantly forth, a Marine from throat to waist. The emblem is still with me. Nothing on earth but skinning will remove it.”
“My true church is a whorehouse â€“ the only one that gives me true satisfaction.”

Source : Georges Bataille (1988). “Guilty”

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