"I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask: "Mother, what was war?""

-- Eve Merriam

#Mother Quotes #Dream Quotes #Peace Quotes

“We should distinguish between responsibility and guilt. Guilt only touches the ones who committed the crimes but the son of a criminal is not a criminal himself.”

Source : Source: www.mantlethought.org
“I don't think that Iran with a nuclear capability will be just the problem of the state of Israel. This is a matter that concerns the whole world.”

Source : "Interview: Israeli President Discusses Iran Nuclear Standoff". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty interview, www.rferl.org. March 20, 2006.
“Songs are usually unfit for whistling - indeed, whistling (except to the person doing it) is unbearable ...”
“Each of us, famous or infamous, is a role model for somebody, and if we aren't, we should behave as though we are -- cheerful, kind, loving, courteous. Because you can be sure someone is watching and taking deliberate and diligent notes.”
“Poetry criticism at its worst today is mean in spirit and spiteful in intent, as if determined to inflict the wound that will spur the artist to new heights if it does not cripple him or her.”

Source : David Lehman (2015). “The State of the Art: A Chronicle of American Poetry, 1988-2014”, p.162, University of Pittsburgh Press
“How to drive a guy crazy: send him a telegram and on the top put 'page 2.'”
“Until the day of his death no man can be sure of his courage.”
“Common sense does not ask an impossible chessboard, but takes the one before it and plays the game.”

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