"I cannot get accustomed to war; my brain refuses to understand and explain a thing that is senseless in its basis. Millions of people gather at one place and, giving their actions order and regularity, kill each other, and it hurts everybody equally, and all are unhappy -- what is it if not madness?"

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Source : Leonid Andreyev (2007). “The Seven That Were Hanged”, p.148, Wildside Press LLC

Leonid Andreyev

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“It sometimes looks as though woman would not be woman unless man insisted upon it, since she tends so markedly to be just a human being when away from men, and only on their approach does she begin to play her required role.”
“Jurors realize that instead of having to make that terrible decision (voting for the death penalty), they can vote to put someone in prison and ensure that defendant is no longer a harm to society. It makes it easier for them to return a verdict of life without the possibility of parole.”
“Permanent good can never be the outcome of untruth and violence”
“In March [1972] the unity of Pakistan depended on the suppression of the secessionists. But to carry it out with such brutality on the people instead of on those responsible wasn't necessary. That's not the way to convince poor people who've been told that with the Six Points there'll be no more hurricanes, no more floods, no more hunger. I spoke out against such methods more emphatically than anyone else, and when no one dared do so.”

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“When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don't throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.”

Source : Corrie Ten Boom (1985). “Jesus is Victor”, Fleming H Revell Company
“In my heart, I know I'm just as talented as some of my idols.”

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“The United States can tell you all about what's wrong with the British, to say nothing of the Russians.”
“As fast as I can tell there are only two emotions that keep the world spinning year after year...One is fear. The other is desire.”

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