"War is murder. And the military preparations now being made for a potential major confrontation are aimed at collective murder. In a nuclear age the victims would be numbered by the millions. This naked truth must be faced."

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Source : Alva Myrdal, Cecilia Åse, Yvonne Hirdman (2002). “"Något kan man väl göra: texter 1932-1982”

Alva Myrdal

#Military Quotes #War Quotes #Preparation Quotes

“Presidential leadership is a really tough job, does come not easily.”

Source : Source: www.pittsburghurbanmedia.com
“An audience sabotages my freedom, devastates my innocence, corrupts my integrity, inhibits my great joy - and of course gives me further to fall.”
“Often their rage erupts because they believe that all ways of looking that highlight difference subvert the liberal belief in a universal subjectivity (we are all just people) that they think will make racism disappear. They have a deep emotional investment in the myth of sameness even as their actions reflect the primacy of whiteness as a sign informing who they are and how they think.”
“The skills of the modern artist are the opposite of those of the craftsman: instead of acquiring techniques for producing classes of objects, the artist today perfects the means suited to his particular work.”
“If you can prove the existence of God, it can only be proven through love.”
“Specifically for black women, our images and our bodies in the media and in history have been so hypersexualized.”
“Each of us inevitable; Each of us limitless-each of us with his or her right upon the earth.”
“Don't let them tell you it can't be done.”

Source : Jack Layton's Letter to Canadians, www.theglobeandmail.com. August 20, 2011.

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