"All our rulers have said that war is unthinkable, and then we think about it almost all the time. We've got to make it unthinkable."

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Source : Debate with Barry Goldwater, University of Arizona campus, Tucson, Arizona, November 1961.

Norman Thomas

#War Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Said Quotes

“Father and Mother had told their own little lies very well, and I realized immediately that the Gerrisens didn't know a thing. And yet, my realization that they didn't know what I'd been through was like a cold shower for just a moment. Here I was looking at the first really familiar faces I'd seen in over a year, and they acted as though I'd merely been on vacation.”
“Mostly, as I said, a desire to do a bit of good, and the quaint notion that this is what we signed up for, this is the business that we have chosen.”
“I think anybody who's been a part of a kid's life, you hope that when they go out into the world, that they surround themselves with the right people and don't find themselves in trouble.”

Source : Source: www.complex.com
“We could imagine nothing pleasanter than to spend all of our lives digging for relics of the past.”

Source : Leo Deuel, Heinrich Schliemann (1977). “Memoirs of Heinrich Schliemann: a documentary portrait drawn from his autobiographical writings, letters, and excavation reports”, HarperCollins Publishers
“The first thing I ever wanted to be was a backup singer for Guns 'n' Roses.”
“An individual's treatment and alternatives in life may depend as much on the reputation of the group to which that person belongs as on their own merit.”
“See, to me, rock'n'roll doesn't have any point. It's just fun. It has a million different angles and they're all valid. But I think rock might be a world issue.”
“When I forget that the stars shine in air-- When I forget that beauty is in stars-- When I forget that love with beauty is-- Will I forget thee: till then all things else.”

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