"The Bundists did not wait for the Messiah, nor did they plan to leave for Palestine. They believed that Poland was their country and they fought for a just, socialist Poland, in which each nationality would have its own cultural autonomy, and in which minorities' rights would be guaranteed."

-- Marek Edelman

#Country Quotes #Rights Quotes #Waiting Quotes

“There were a lot of Romneys. There was the Romney who was ; going to be better on gay rights than Ted Kennedy; now there's the Romney who checks with Rick Santorum on that issue.”
“Generosity is the most natural outward expression of an inner attitude of compassion and loving-kindness .”
“When I lay these questions before God I get no answer. But a rather special sort of 'No answer.' It is not the locked door. It is more like a silent, certainly not uncompassionate, gaze. As though He shook His head not in refusal but waiving the question. Like, 'Peace, child; you don't understand.”
“I'm a man. I lived it and I'm not afraid to die but when I die I'm going to paradise and I'm not worried.”
“I remember all too well the premiere of Ecstasy when I watched my bare bottom bounce across the screen and my mother and father sat there in shock.”
“But I think if any song can touch the heart, then one should value it.”
“Only those few who are able to surpass their fear of death completely can fully experience the highest forms of life; not the mundane life of the mortal, but the godly life of the resurrected.”
“The greatest human quest is to know what one must do in order to become a human being.”

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