"Human history began as an act of disobedience, and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of obedience. At this point in history the capacity to doubt, to criticize and to disobey may be all that stands between a future for mankind and the end of civilization."

-- Erich Fromm

#Civilization Quotes #Doubt Quotes #May Quotes

“Death lays his icy hand on kings.”
“Slime him, sis," Dan urged, "Make him a redcoat.”
“I grew up in a strongly socialist family. While I was at school, I worked in party politics and with organizations like the Anti-Nazi League. Everywhere I saw it, I fought prejudice.”
“The key to The Doors is the culture behind the myth.”
“I was born in London, England, in 1938, a few months before the war, and spent the first years of my life there, although I was evacuated a couple of times for short periods. My schooling was very interrupted, both by frequent moves and by ill health.”
“It is necessary that I am viewed as a product. I am a product.”
“Over and above the political, economic, sociological, and international implications of racial prejudices, their major significance is that they place unnecessary burdens upon human beings.”

Source : Kenneth B. Clark (1988). “Prejudice and Your Child”, p.37, Wesleyan University Press
“No British Government ever will and ever can risk the bones of a British grenadier.”

Source : On the Polish Corridor in a letter to Sir Eyre Crowe, February 16, 1925.

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