"You just don't invade another country on phony pretext in order to assert your interests!"

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Source : "America Is in No Position to Lecture Russia About Imperialism" by Sheldon Richman, reason.com. March 16, 2014.

John F. Kerry

#Country Quotes #Order Quotes #Phony Quotes

“I do believe in love at first sight. I'm experiencing it everyday.”
“If you sent me to cover a pie-baking contest on Mother's Day, I'm going to ask dear old Mom why she used artificial sweetener or stole the apples!”
“An eternal question about children is, how should we educate them? Politicians and educators consider more school days in a year, more science and math, the use of computers and other technology in the classroom, more exams and tests, more certification for teachers, and less money for art. All of these responses come from the place where we want to make the child into the best adult possible, not in the ancient Greek sense of virtuous and wise, but in the sense of one who is an efficient part of the machinery of society. But on all these counts, soul is neglected.”
“Notwithstanding their attacks on the basic conception of rationalism, on synthetic a priori judgments, that is, material propositions that cannot be contradicted by any experience, the empiricists posits the forms of being as constant.”
“Things never happen the same way twice, dear one.”
“What did I do in high school? I grew from 5 feet 4 inches to 6 feet 2 inches.”
“If I weren't already dead, I'd have to kill myself just so I could roll over in my grave.”
“Philosophy is the replacement of category-habits by category-disciplines.”

Source : 'The Concept of Mind' (1949) introduction

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