"There is not a respectable system of civilization known to history whose foundations were not laid in the institution of domestic slavery."

-- Robert M. T. Hunter

#War Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Slavery Quotes

“An overdose of praise is like 10 lumps of sugar in coffee; only a very few people can swallow it.”
“To do more for the world than the world does for you - that is success.”
“You know where the people who killed people in San Bernardino came from. You know where people who did 9/11 came from. You know where the people who did Paris came from, where they transited, where they went. None of them even set foot in Iran. So why are you punishing people who are visiting Iran for that? . . . We're not going to radicalize them. We never have. Your allies have radicalized people who visited.”

Source : "Iran's Javad Zarif on Syria, Russia, and Donald Trump". Interview with Robin Wright, www.newyorker.com. December 18, 2015.
“People give out compliments because it's polite.”
“Of course it's super special to create your own records; it really is a part of my self.”

Source : Source: www.independentphilly.com
“When the spirit of people is strong focused and vibrant, wonderful things happen.”

Source : Harrison Owen (2000). “The Power of Spirit: How Organizations Transform”, p.1, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
“A conflagration always made such a nice backdrop to a battle. Fire made everything so much more joyously apocalyptic.”

Source : Stuart Hill (2011). “The Icemark Chronicles #2: Blade of Fire”, p.683, Scholastic Inc.
“Suddenly I realize that everyone in the whole world is, at the end of a day, staring at a dusky horizon, owner of a day that no one else will ever know.”

Source : Polly Horvath (2008). “My One Hundred Adventures”, p.23, Schwartz & Wade

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