"In the sublime days before 11 September 2001, when the powerful were routinely attacking and terrorising the weak, and those dying were black or brown-skinned non-people living in faraway places such as Zaire and Guatemala, there was no terrorism. When the weak attacked the powerful, spectacularly on 9/11, there was terrorism."

-- John Pilger

#Powerful Quotes #People Quotes #Black Quotes

“I've always identified [myself] with the warrior and good over evil, and you don't negotiate for good over evil, if you want peace and love, kill people that deny you that.”
“Alone. The saddest word in the world.”

Source : Beatrice Sparks (1990). “Jay's Journal”, p.113, Simon and Schuster
“We want perfect elections, not just any kind of elections. And it's the electoral commission that organizes elections in the country - this is what most people forget. We have an independent commission which, acccording to our constitution, is in charge of organizing elections.”

Source : Source: www.spiegel.de
“I've got a funny old face. Someone described it once, and I think they were being kind, as character. But I know what they mean! I've never been that conventional. I suppose maybe it means that my face can look different in different lights, so I just try and sort of keep it simple when I'm going out, to still look like me.”
“If you are going to follow Jesus, you better look good on wood.”
“While I was an honorable man in her eyes, she did not love me. But the minute she understood what I was, when she breathed the true and foul odor of my soul, love was born in her â€“ for she does love me! Well, well! There is nothing real, then, except evil.”

Source : Octave Mirbeau (2016). “Torture Garden”, p.62, Library of Alexandria
“Hey ladies, I'm willing to do my part to end domestic violence by posting a selfie online. Some might call me a hero”
“The genius of our institutions is democratic - baseball is a democratic game.”

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