"I condemn what happened in Madrid, but it is suspicious. If tomorrow there will be another bombing, in France for example, who will gain power? Of course not Jacques Chirac, but Le Pen."

-- Walid Jumblatt

#Gains Quotes #France Quotes #Madrid Quotes

“Lord, give me Scotland or I die!”
“It can be a way of knowledge, a path, an inspiration, a Tao, an ordering, a memory, a fantasy, a seduction, a prayer, a summoning, an incantation murmured under the breath as the torchlights sink lower and the forest looms taller and the wolves howl louder and the fire prepares for its submission to the encroaching dark.”
“Sit around the bars, talked to people, ate in the restaurants, and chatted with the old ladies on the street. Fishermen are pretty much that way.”
“Here's what I love: I love sitting at my desk, staring at the blank screen, and beginning that conversation with my imaginary friends.”

Source : Brad Meltzer (2013). “The Fifth Assassin: The Culper Ring Trilogy 2”, p.10, Hachette UK
“The de facto censorship which leaves so many Americans functionally illiterate about the history of US foreign affairs may be all the more effective because it is not official, heavy-handed or conspiratorial, but woven artlessly into the fabric of education and media. No conspiracy is needed.”

Source : William Blum (2003). “Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II”, p.15, Zed Books
“It was not perhaps the warmest friendship in the world, they would not send each other Christmas gift greetings, but they would not murder each other.”
“In genetic epistemology, as in developmental psychology, too, there is never an absolute beginning.”
“Democracy is the form of government in which the free are rulers.”

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