"Civilization is a social plague on the planet, and vices are just as necessary to it as is a virus to disease."

-- Charles Fourier

#Civilization Quotes #Vices Quotes #Viruses Quotes

“Thurgood Marshall because of his experience of discrimination did bring a special perspective to the court. Thatâ€™s what his colleagues on the court so valued him for as all the tributes pouring in after his retirement attested.”

Source : "What Would Brandeis Do?". "Amicus" with Dahlia Lithwick, www.slate.com. June 16, 2016.
“Although it may not be a castle, [it is the] functional equivalent of a hotel room, a vacation and retirement home or a hunting and fishing cabin..”
“A fertilizer bomb that kills hundreds in Oklahoma. Fuel-laden civil jets that kill 4000 in New York. A sanctions policy that kills one and a half million in Iraq. A trade policy that immiserates continents. You can make a bomb out of anything. The ones on paper hurt the most.”
“There is too much theology in the Church now, and too little of the Gospel.”
“One of the big challenges now is to figure out just how many viruses there really are in the human genome. So far the estimate is 8.3% of our genome is virus, but it actually could be a lot higher.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“I am made to tremble and I fear!”
“The true measure of life is not length, but honesty.”
“Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us.”

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