"Among the conservative Greek opinion there would be no regrets that Alexander the Greek leader was invading the barbarians."

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Source : Robin Lane Fox (2004). “Alexander The Great”, Penguin Group USA

Robin Lane Fox

#Regret Quotes #Leader Quotes #Greek Quotes

“The government will take the fairest of names, but the worst of realities--mob rule.”
“If you have a sword, and the Aielman has his bare hands, it is an even fight. If you're good.”
“I don't have to do anything for anyone else's benefit anymore. I just want to exceed my own expectations.”
“Before we understand how not to hurt, we must contribute to the peacefulness of it all, in that if we participate in any way, in anything that hurts, anything that involves killing and hurting, then we're hurting ourselves because we're not islands, we're all connected regardless of tradition, and because of that we're all connected.”
“On the board was a list of words and phrases which her mother considered not suitable for use in college T-shirt design. She had been asked about them so often that in the end she had started a blacklist of banned words to which everyone could refer. Every time someone thought of a new one, she unflinchingly wrote it down... Rose read through the list, and turned back to her letter. These are the words I learned to spell in Mummy's art class today, she wrote, and sighed a little as she began the tedious job of copying from the board.”
“Goals and caps on carbon emissions are practically worthless, if coal emissions continue, because of the exceedingly long lifetime of carbon dioxide in the air.”
“In my view, the problem with many conservative Christian parents is that they won't allow their children to have a different worldview from their own, and they don't forgive normal teenage experimentation, which they consider rebellion.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Once a man has tasted freedom, he will never be content to be a slave.”

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