"There can be no doubt that the young of today have to be protected against certain poisonous effects inherent in present-day civilization. Five social diseases surround them, even in early childhood. There is the decline in fitness due to modern methods of locomotion; the decline in initiative due to the widespread disease of spectatoritis; the decline in care and skill due to the weakened tradition of craftsmanship; the decline in self-discipline due to the ever-present availability of tranquilizers and stimulants, and the decline in compassion, which William Temple called "spiritual death."

-- Kurt Hahn

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“The real causes of terrorism are not poverty and oppression per se, but rather the bankruptcy of materialist ideologies, like Neo-Conservatism, which promise much but deliver little. The central doctrine of Neo-Conservatism is "democratic capitalism." This is the ultimate oxymoron, because in practice the political pluralism that should underlie democracy cannot exist in a climate of economic plutocracy.”
“If others hurl their darts against you, offer them milk and honey in return; if they poison your lives, sweeten their souls.”
“I know that the blacks, take them half enlightened and ignorant, are more humane and merciful than the most enlightened and refined European that can be found in all the earth.”

Source : David Walker (2008). “Walker's Appeal”, p.28, Applewood Books
“My sons are a hell of a lot easier to get through to than my daughter is. She seems to have my number. She can just run through the buttons.”
“To be yourself and to learn from your mistakes. If you have a problem, try to get help, you can get through it if you get help. When we were on the show, there was no paparazzi, none of that. I was really lucky that I got to avoid all that.”

Source : "Maureen McCormick: 'I hit rock bottom'". TODAY interview, www.today.com. October 14, 2008.
“Makers of empire, they have fought for bigger things than crowns and higher seats than thrones.”

Source : Herbert Kaufman (1910). “The Winning Fight”
“Hey, man, I toss a stick for a living. Gotta spice up that deal, y'know. Gotta stand out.”
“All women are lesbians except those who don't know it ...”

Source : Jill Johnston (1998). “Admission accomplished: the Lesbian nation years, 1970-75”, Serpent's Tail

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