"The bearing of arms is the essential medium through which the individual asserts both his social power and his participation in politics as a responsible moral being..."

-- J. G. A. Pocock

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“When the first fossils began to be found in eastern Africa, in the late 1950s, I thought, what a wonderful marriage this was, biology and anthropology. I was around 16 years old when I made this particular choice of academic pursuit.”

Source : "The Quest for Human Origins". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. January 25, 1991.
“No matter how many times she was told that she was loved, there was no recognition that the proof was in the abandonment.”
“If in the past, you didn't cry out when thousands of protesters were killed and injured by Turkey, Egypt and Libya, when more victims than ever were hanged by Iran, women and children in Afghanistan were bombed, whole communities were massacred in South Sudan, 1800 Palestinians were starved and murdered by Assad in Syria, hundreds in Pakistan were killed by jihadist terror attacks, 10,000 Iraqis were killed by terrorists, villagers were slaughtered in Nigeria, but you only cry out for Gaza, then you are not Pro Human Rights, you are only Anti-Israel.”

Source : "Test yourself: Are you pro human rights, or just anti-Israel?". blog.unwatch.org. July 15, 2014.
“On stage, I am in the dark.”
“Each new situation requires a new architecture.”
“Lil Wayne is the best rapper on Earth. Can't nobody touch him. He's the only guy who can put out 300 songs a year and they all fire.”
“We in the press, by our power, can actually undermine leadership.”
“My mother had a look on her face that I'll never forget. It was one of complete despair and horror, for losing Bing, for being so foolish as to think she could use faith to change fate.”

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