"Israel was born under the British mandate. We learned from the British what democracy means, and how it behaves in a time of danger, war and terror. We thank Britain for introducing freedom and respect of human rights both in normal and demanding circumstances."

-- Shimon Peres

#War Quotes #Mean Quotes #Rights Quotes

“Is Ahab, Ahab? Is it I, God, or who, that lifts this arm? But if the great sun move not of himself; but is an errand-boy in heaven; nor one single star can revolve, but by some invisible power; how then can this one small heart beat; this one small brain think thoughts; unless God does that beating, does that thinking, does that living, and not I.”
“Often when something is going on behind the scenes and people fight for change, the fight will go on and on and on until they understand the mechanism that they're actually fighting against.”

Source : "Big Fix The Movie | Interview with Josh and Rebecca Tickell". Interview with Mikki Willis, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“The only right we do not and should not have in a liberal democracy is a right not to be offended.”

Source : "We Must All Be Charlie Hebdo Today" by Flemming Rose, www.politico.com. December 23, 2014.
“I used to practice Wicca.”
“It seems to be overwhelmingly likely that there is life out there and eventually we will make contract. And when contact is made, it will be the end of Earth's cultural evolution. It will be the greatest discovery in the history of humankind.”
“See the opportunities for adventures, not the constraints that get in the way.”
“You can't imagine what satisfaction can be gotten from throwing a pie into someone's face.”
“The first week of August hangs at the very top of summer, the top of the live-long year, like the highest seat of a Ferris wheel when it pauses in its turning. The weeks that come before are only a climb from balmy spring, and those that follow a drop to the chill of autumn, but the first week of August is motionless, and hot. It is curiously silent, too, with blank white dawns and glaring noons, and sunsets smeared with too much color.”

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