"All significant concepts of the modern theory of the state are secularized theological concepts."

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Source : Carl Schmitt (2010). “Political Theology: Four Chapters on the Concept of Sovereignty”, p.41, University of Chicago Press

Carl Schmitt

#Modern Quotes #Significant Quotes #States Quotes

“I have absolutely no empathy for camels. I didn't care for being abused in the Middle East by those horrible, horrible, horrible creatures. They don't like people. It's not at all like the relationship between horses and humans.”
“So a maiden, while she remains untouched, remains dear to her own; but when she has lost her chaste flower with sullied body, she remains neither lovely to boys nor dear to girls.”
“Much of my life seems in retrospect to have been spent in the company of putative national leaders passing through the process of being denounced and imprisoned for sedition, as part of the inevitable progression towards the Prime Ministership and the ritual tea-party at Windsor Castle.”
“Within three months I had gone from being this black sheep of the town to suddenly becoming a pop star.”
“Reminiscences make one feel so deliciously aged and sad.”
“Not belonging is a terrible feeling. It feels awkward and it hurts, as if you were wearing someone else's shoes.”

Source : Phoebe Stone (2012). “The Romeo and Juliet Code”, p.65, Scholastic Inc.
“I never felt at home in London, because people were constantly telling me I didn't belong here, so after a while, you tend to believe that.”

Source : "I was seen as either a junkie or a drunk" by Emine Saner, www.theguardian.com. February 5, 2008.
“I always wanted to shave. It is a very natural process. For my birthday I got a lot of shaving stuff.”

Source : "Chaz Bono: 'I Always Wanted to Shave'". www.digitalspy.com. November 01, 2009.

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