"Where are the heroes and the saints, who keep a clear vision of man's greatest gift, his freedom, to oppose not only the dictatorship of the proletariat, but also the dictatorship of the benevolent state, which takes possession of the family, and of the indigent, and claims our young for war?"

-- Dorothy Day

#War Quotes #Hero Quotes #Men Quotes

“If you don't treat your own people well, they won't treat other people well.”
“Sleeping alone seemed unnatural to me, and pitiful, something done in hospitals or when you're contagious.”
“Mommy would never divorce Daddy. He's just like one of the family.”
“I will bring you flowers from the mountains, bluebells, dark hazels, and rustic baskets of kisses. I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.”

Source : Pablo Neruda (1975). “Pablo Neruda: selected poems”
“Your glass will not do you half so much service as a serious reflection on your own minds.”

Source : 1694 A Serious Proposal to the Ladies For the Advancement of their True and Greatest Interest,'By a Lover of Her Sex', pt.1.
“They tell us sometimes that if we had only kept quiet, all these desirable things would have come about of themselves. I am reminded of the Greek clown who, having seen an archer bring down a flying bird, remarked, sagely: 'You might have saved your arrow, for the bird would anyway have been killed by the fall.'”
“And since all this loveliness can not be Heaven, I know in my heart it is June.”
“We are becoming so accustomed to millions and billions of dollars that 'thousands' has almost passed out of the dictionary.”

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