"Historical hypocrites have themselves carried out the very human rights abuses that they suddenly decide warrant intervention elsewhere."

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Samantha Power

#Hypocrite Quotes #Rights Quotes #Historical Quotes

“It certainly makes no sense to enact more laws if we cannot, or do not, enforce the ones we have.”
“I've not often been a man of many words. I've never considered myself to be overly articulate. I do feel more comfortable acting something out than I do explaining something or whatever.”
“Publicity, discussion, and agitation are necessary to accomplish any work of lasting benefit.”

Source : Robert M. La Follette, Sr.'s speech in Evansville, Indiana (July 7, 1906), as quoted in Michael Wolraich "Unreasonable Men: Theodore Roosevelt and the Republican Rebels Who Created Progressive Politics", July 22, 2014.
“Starting with a party scene for 600 cast and end up singing on top of a giant elephant...does it get any better than this?”
“I try to make women feel more powerful without losing their femininity,”
“Let us allow God to act; He brings things to completion when we least expect it.”

Source : Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1985). “Correspondence, Conferences, Documents”
“I am fast and very powerful on the court, so this is what matters.”
“I am a happy man. I've had a good life.”

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