"I lived in countries that had no democracy... so I don't find myself in the same luxury as you do. You grew up in freedom, and you can spit on freedom because you don't know what it is not to have freedom."

-- Ayaan Hirsi Ali

#Country Quotes #Luxury Quotes #Democracy Quotes

“I doubt myself a lot. And I'm very, very just overly critical.”

Source : "Jazz Singer Cécile McLorin Salvant Doesn't Want To Sound 'Clean And Pretty'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. November 4, 2015.
“I have always done what I thought was best for my country, never varying unless I was advised that two-thirds of the Democrats were for a bill and then I voted for it.”
“Where there is little risk, there is little reward.”
“Words matter, and the right words matter most of all. In the end they're all that remain of us.”
“I'm Native American, so it's in my blood to always want brothers and friends. I'm a good brotherhood guy.”
“I never made a person look bad. They do that themselves.”

Source : "August Sander".
“I am convinced that the moment is coming when, with its message of eternal, universal values, it will come to the aid of our society. For in these words: "Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself," lie those very moral principles that will enable us to survive even the most critical situations.”

Source : "Against the Grain : An Autobiography" by Boris Yeltsin, (p. 251), 1990.
“The triumph of justice is the only peace.”

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