"It always seems to me when the anti-suffrage members of the Government criticize militancy in women that it is very like beasts of prey reproaching gentler animals who turn in desperate resistance when at the point of death."

-- Emmeline Pankhurst

#Animal Quotes #Government Quotes #Justice Quotes

“I'm a big karaoke fan and I also love Justin Bieber unashamedly.”
“The minute the church and pastors start saying what do people want and then giving it to them, we betray our calling. We're called to have people follow Jesus. We're called to have people learn how to forgive their enemies.”
“I think about the personal accomplishment, but there's more of a sense of the grand achievement by all the people who could put this man on the moon.”
“Progress is cumulative in science and engineering, but cyclical in finance.”
“Satvajaya can decondition the mind so we can see things fresh, like with the eyes of a child. Satvajaya techniques rid us of negative emotions, thought patterns, and prejudices that may weigh us down like undigested food.”
“From Architecture down to the Zodiac, every science worthy of the name was imported by the Greeks”
“I don't think I'm a millionaire, but I'm comfortable.”
“The search for justice and security, the struggle for equality of opportunity, the quest for tolerance and harmony, the pursuit of human dignity - these are moral imperatives which we must work towards and think about on a daily basis.”

Source : "Cosmopolitan Society, Human Safety and Rights in Plural and Peaceful Societies". Remarks by His Highness the Aga Khan at Evora University Symposium, iis.ac.uk. February 12, 2006.

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