"Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man, that state is obsolete."

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Source : "Fictional character: Narrator". TV Series "The Twilight Zone" ("The Obsolete Man", 1961), www.imdb.com. 1959–1964.

Rod Serling

#Men Quotes #Rights Quotes #Dignity Quotes

“I can't cook, at all. I would not know how to make coffee. I took cooking classes, so I know how to make chocolate soufflÃ©, but ask me if I want to make soufflÃ©. I let somebody else make the chocolate soufflÃ©, and I eat it. I found that, when I took cooking classes and tried to cook, I didn't want to eat it. The joy was gone. I was always filthy with the stuff, and then had to clean it up. I don't like that.”
“If someone knows from experience that daily Communion increases fervor without lessening reverence, then let him go every day. But if someone finds that reverence is lessened and devotion not much increased, then let him sometimes abstain, so as to draw near afterwards with better dispositions.”
“Representation, then, is not - nor can it be - neutral; it is an act - indeed the founding act - of power in our culture.”

Source : Craig Owens, Scott Stewart Bryson (1994). “Beyond Recognition: Representation, Power, and Culture”, p.91, Univ of California Press
“Little minds try to defend everything at once, but sensible people look at the main point only; they parry the worst blows and stand a little hurt if thereby they avoid a greater one. If you try to hold everything, you hold nothing.”
“He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his father.”
“There are common denominators that unite all members of al-Nahda: There is no one in al-Nahda who doubts about Islam There is no one in al-Nahda that believes in extremist views of Islam.”

Source : "Rached Ghannouchi: the FP interview". Interview with Marc Lynch, foreignpolicy.com. December 5, 2011.
“Everything burns if the flame is hot enough. The world is nothing but a crucible.”

Source : Andrew Davidson (2008). “The Gargoyle”, p.108, Canongate Books
“As you go forth and share our core beliefs and the fruits of our doctrines, misperceptions will dissolve, prejudices will diminish, and people will come to see Latter-day Saints as devout disciples of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”

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