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Bernard Lewis

"The word "democracy" is a Western word obviously. It doesn't exist in Arabic. Democratiya is a loan word. We in the Western world make the great mistake of assuming that ours is the only form of good government; that democracy means what it means in the Anglo-American world and a few other places in the West, but not many others. Muslims have their own tradition on limited government. Now in Islam, there is a very strong political tradition. Because the different circumstances, Islam is political from the very beginning."

-- Bernard Lewis

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“Religion is behavior and not mere belief.”
“Live your life as though your every act were to become a universal law.”

Source : "Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals". Book by Immanuel Kant, 1785.
“You need response from the fan to fuel your sense of musical rebellion. It's very symbiotic, it's very cyclic in a way. You can't have one without the other. So I think the rebellion is reflected in the audience, but at the same time, the artist has to have that passion too. And I think once you're a fan for life, you feed each other's sense of passion and rage and whatnot. You really can't have one without the other.”
“All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects.”
“Because of my experience in Occupy, instead of asking the question, "Who will benefit from this system I'm implementing with the data?" I started to ask the question, "What will happen to the most vulnerable?" Or "Who is going to lose under this system? How will this affect the worst-off person?" Which is a very different question from "How does this improve certain people's lives?"”

Source : Source: www.salon.com
“I'm self-opinionated and I have a sense of self.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I find that when I am gossiping about my friends, as well as my enemies, I am deeply conscious of performing a social duty. But when I hear they are gossiping about me, I am rightfully filled with righteous indignation.”
“Joy, happiness, are hopes and our dreams.... A place of peace and harmony... that's the kind of land I invision.”

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