"Liberal democracy - as you know, in the old days, we were saying we want socialism with a human face. Today's left effectively offers global capitalism with a human face, more tolerance, more rights and so on. So the question is, is this enough or not? Here I remain a Marxist: I think not."

-- Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek

#Thinking Quotes #Rights Quotes #Tolerance Quotes

“Persistence, persistence, and persistence. The Power can be created and maintained through daily practice - continuous effort.”
“A lot of people think that if they learn to read music they are gonna lose their feel or their groove or something. It's the stupidest thing I have ever heard.”
“He couldnâ€™t compare a woman to a torrentially beautiful monsoon, and then look surprised that heâ€™d gotten wet.”
“Human beings are distinguished by a capacity for experience as well as by their behavior, and homosexuality is as much a matter ofemotion as of genital manipulation.... As we each examine our own sense of identity we realize how much more complex is the question of homosexuality than a mere Kinsey-like computation of orgasms.”

Source : Dennis Altman (1974). “Homosexual; oppression and liberation”, Lane, Allen
“If we have been brought up with the idea that life is for suffering and sacrifice, then of course we would seek death to escape this 'vale of tears'.”
“I'm training all the time. My goal is perfection. But I will never reach perfection.”
“Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvellous work. It is fear that is the great cause of misery in the world. It is fear that is the greatest of all superstitions. It is fear that is the cause of all our woes, and it is fearlessness that brings heaven even in a moment. Therefore, "arise, awake and stop not until the goal is reached.”
“Americans cherish our liberty and don't want government or corporations to take away our freedoms.”

Source : "Victory! Voters Reject Tea Party Overreach, Protect American Freedoms" by Christine Pelosi, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 9, 2011.

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