"Deceit and violence - these are the two forms of deliberate assault on human beings."

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Source : Sissela Bok (2011). “Lying: Moral Choice in Public and Private Life”, p.54, Vintage

Sissela Bok

#Two Quotes #Deception Quotes #Violence Quotes

“We have many times led Europe in the fight for freedom. It would be an ignoble end to our long history if we tamely accepted to perish by degrees.”
“I wish I was a rapper. There are certainly times when I wish I could just drop an album and channel all my ideas, anger, humor and energy into some music and be done with it.”

Source : Todd Boyd (2004). “The New H. N. I. C.: The Death of Civil Rights and the Reign of Hip Hop”, p.9, NYU Press
“God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money, Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God made a cole-pit to put the devil in.”
“You know, I think the, the crucial thing, you know, we have put in place what is, is just simply the biggest, boldest recovery package in history, right; the stimulus package, biggest ever; the financial rescue, absolutely comprehensive; a housing plan - that is incredible medicine for the economy. And we fully expect it to work.”
“I get a kick out of Democrats thinking they know how handicap a GOP race.”
“Practice structure determines success.”
“Let's just say that global warming deniers are now on a par with Holocaust deniers.”
“If by saying that all men are born equal, you mean that they are equally born, it is true, but true in no other sense; birth, talent, labor, virtue, and providence, are forever making differences”

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