"After two world wars, the collapse of fascism, nazism, communism and colonialism and the end of the cold war, humanity has entered a new phase of its history."

-- Hans Kung

#War Quotes #Two Quotes #Humanity Quotes

“Success means getting up 1 more time than you get knocked down.”
“When I arrived on the planet, there were only two billion. Wildlife was more abundant, we were less so; now the situation is reversed.”
“You have to be vigorous. That's the only way you are going to get it because everybody has dreams and everybody has goals, but the only people who achieve them are the ones that go after it and don't take no for an answer.”
“When I was a kid, there were hardly any gay story lines or characters on television that I recall. Then when I was in college, 'Will & Grace' started up.”
“What about Beck?" "Backwoods Boy? Are you crazy? It'd be a threesome - me, him and his overbearing ego. Definitely doomed to failure.”

Source : Jana Oliver (2011). “Soul Thief: A Demon Trappers Novel”, p.66, Macmillan
“Air grew heavy, damp, almost solid. I was breathing bricks.”
“Unity is the most important thing on the road to stamping out terror. You need global rules of law and order, and they have to be enforced. Start with that principle.”
“Patriotism demands the ability to feel shame as much as to feel pride.”

Source : "Patriotism and Michelle Obama: A 4th of July Reflection" by Anne-Marie Slaughter, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 11, 1008.

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