"To fight tyranny and oppression by using tyrannical and oppressive means, to combat a single-minded and ruthless fanaticism by becoming equally fanatical and ruthless, will not further the cause of justice or bring about a meaningful democracy. It can only prolong the cycle of violence."

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Source : Tariq Ali (2003). “The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity”, p.3, Verso

Tariq Ali

#Meaningful Quotes #Fighting Quotes #Justice Quotes

“The average person works at fifty percent or less of their potential. Your job is to unleash that extra fifty percent.”
“TO preach a sermon or edit a newspaper were the two things in life which I always felt I could do with credit to myself and benefit to the world, if I only had the chance.”
“Whatever his inhibitions and tastes, Western man believes in the natural holiness of seminudism and raw vegetable juice, because these have become for him symbols of unadultered nature.”
“If I hadn't learned to lay on a two-hander once in a while, I'd never have left Flin Flon.”

Source : "Summit Series 40th Anniversary: Clarke’s Game 6 Slash on Kharlamov Was Turning Point for Team Canada" by Red Fisher, www.montrealgazette.com. September 24, 2012.
“It takes a while to grasp that not all failures are self-imposed, the result of ignorance, carelessness or inexperience. It takes a while to grasp that a garden isn't a testing ground for character and to stop asking, what did I do wrong? Maybe nothing.”

Source : Eleanor Perenyi (2010). “Green Thoughts: A Writer in the Garden”, p.65, Modern Library
“Without the BBC, the proliferation of television and radio channels by the private sector would simply result in more and more channels, with tiny audiences, all seeking to do the same thing. The future would be one of fragmentation - fragmentation without either plurality or diversity.”
“There is no private domain of a person's life that is not political, and there is no political issue that is not ultimately personal.”
“I think anytime a movie can inspire you to think and reflect and look at your life, it's a success.”

Source : Source: movieweb.com

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