"This is the permanent tension that lies at the heart of a capitalist democracy and is exacerbated in times of crisis. In order to ensure the survival of the richest, it is democracy that has to be heavily regulated rather than capitalism."

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Source : Tariq Ali (2011). “The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad”, p.75, Verso Books

Tariq Ali

#Lying Quotes #Heart Quotes #Order Quotes

“Do I hear a challenge?â€ she whispers, â€œOh, Carlos. You know I canâ€™t resist a challenge.”
“Because these kids get away from their parents, and they binge drink until they are sick. Dozens of them are going to the hospital, and some of them dying. This is a problem, a big problem that needs to be addressed, and we need accurate information.”
“Treaties of peace, made after war, are entrusted to individuals to negotiate and carry out.”

Source : Richard Cobden (1850). “Speeches on Peace, Financial Reform, Colonial Reform, and Other Subjects: Delivered During 1849”, p.102
“It is only reasonable that our laws do not force our country to provide safe harbor to those individuals that are being sought out by their governments due to their terrorist ties.”
“There's no need to talk about it, because the truth of what one says lies in what one does.”

Source : FaceBook post by Bernhard Schlink from Dec 22, 2013
“My love for the band is still there. It hasn't changed, maybe that's why it's so painful these days.”
“If religion were true, its followers would not try to bludgeon their young into an artificial conformity; but would merely insist on their unbending quest for truth, irrespective of artificial backgrounds or practical consequences.”
“I'm a very interior person. I love silence. I revel in it. I'm happy that way.”

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