"In the long term, the United States could greatly benefit Islam by uniquely freeing the religion from government constraints and permitting it to evolve in a positive, modern direction. But that's the long term."

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Source : "Islam and Islamism in the Modern World". Interview with Tom Bethell, spectator.org. February 8, 2013.

Daniel Pipes

#Government Quotes #Long Quotes #Islam Quotes

“The world cannot be translated; It can only be dreamed of and touched.”
“Scientists are the easiest to fool. ... They think in straight, predictable, directable, and therefore misdirectable, lines. The only world they know is the one where everything has a logical explanation and things are what they appear to be. Children and conjurors-they terrify me. Scientists are no problem; against them I feel quite confident.”
“If we only said safe sex, use a condom, we won't stop the spread of AIDS in this country.”
“You have to train your brain to be positive just like you work out your body.”

Source : FaceBook post by Shawn Achor from May 23, 2014
“Any man that dates me, the thing they're gonna have to live up is my dad - he's a real hero.”
“I always thought it was great to be able to make people feel better. It was a little like being God.”
“The scarcest resource is not oil, metals, clean air, capital, labour, or technology. It is our willingness to listen to each other and learn from each other and to seek the truth rather than seek to be right”
“I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out the lumber.”

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