"With us it is not a question of Bolshevism or democracy, but of life or death. A decision in favor of a Soviet could not be opposed by the Young Turks."

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Source : "Djemal Pasha In Moscow", New York Times, June 17, 1920.

Djemal Pasha

#Decision Quotes #Democracy Quotes #Favors Quotes

“About the scientific revolution: it "outshines everything since the rise of Christianity and reduces the Renaissance and Reformation to the rank of mere episodes".”

Source : Herbert Butterfield (1997). “The Origins of Modern Science”, p.7, Simon and Schuster
“Avarice is rarely the vice of youth ...”

Source : Sophia Lee (1804). “The Recess: Or, A Tale of Other Times ...”, p.18
“I am perceiving everyone, including myself, as an awakening being who is here to claim his or her birthright to the higher consciousness planes of unconditional love and oneness.”
“Be as though you don't exist. Let the bodily functions unfold, let thoughts come and go but don't follow them. Be only the awareness. Something is unplugged, but you are still fully here. Senses are functioning normally. This was never the trouble. The mind rises up as resistances and doubts but they are mere thoughts. Mind in its psychological aspect can come full power, but you are not to be a traffic policeman inside your own head.”
“The authors who affect contempt for a name in the world put their names to the books which they invite the world to read.”
“I would have done just about anything for him.”
“Only time, education and plenty of good schooling will make anti-segregation work.”
“In my book, I was trying to get into my own soul.”

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