"Why do the people humiliate themselves by voting? I didn't vote because I have dignity. If I had closed my nose and voted for one of them, I would spit on my own face."

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Source : "The Agitator" by Margaret Talbot, www.newyorker.com. June 5, 2006.

Oriana Fallaci

#People Quotes #Voting Quotes #Noses Quotes

“To give advice to a man who asks what to do with his life implies something very close to egomania. To presume to point a man to the right and ultimate goal - to point with a trembling finger in the RIGHT direction is something only a fool would take upon himself.”
“Those that are firm in their will mold the world to themselves.”
“I now add, farther, that the apostles argument is so far from proving it to be the duty of people to obey, and submit to, such rulers as act in contradiction to the public good, and so to the design of their office, that it proves the direct contrary.”

Source : Jonathan Mayhew (1969). “Sermons: Seven Sermons: A Discourse, Concerning the Unlimited Submission and Non-resistance to the Higher Powers. The Snare Broken”
“Good mathematicians see analogies. Great mathematicians see analogies between analogies.”
“I feel strongly that Mother Teresaâ€™s life has a great message for young people. We so often feel powerless to do anything about the many problems in the world around us. We are so often left to wonder whether one person can possibly make a difference. Mother Teresa said yes, we can. Her life was resounding proof that it is possible”

Source : Craig Kielburger (2010). “Free The Children”, p.64, Greystone Books
“There is sufficient reward in the mere consciousness of a good action.”
“A contemplation of God's works, a generous concern for the good of mankind, and the unfeigned exercise of humility only, denominate men great and glorious.”
“Most men die at 25, we just don't bury them until they are 70.”

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