"There is no such thing as defeat in non-violence."

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Source : Darrell Royal, Robert Heard (1976). “Dance with who Brung Us: Quips and Quotes from Darrell Royal”

Cesar Chavez

#Peace Quotes #Violence Quotes #Defeat Quotes

“May our lives be born from the beauty of darkness, and shine with the possibility of light.”

Source : FaceBook post by T. Thorn Coyle from Dec 13, 2011
“I vow that if I was just an Israeli civilian and I met a Palestinian I would burn him and I would make him suffer before killing him. With one hit I've killed 750 Palestinians (in Rafah in 1956). I wanted to encourage my soldiers by raping Arabic girls as the Palestinian women is a slave for Jews, and we do whatever we want to her and nobody tells us what we shall do but we tell others what they shall do.”
“Probably the most important piece of advice that I've ever gotten is to develop your mind. I left school very young and I always regretted it.”

Source : Interview magazine, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 12, 2013.
“A dog will make eye contact. A cat will, too, but a cat's eyes don't even look entirely warm-blooded to me, whereas a dog's eyes look human except less guarded. A dog will look at you as if to say, "What do you want me to do for you? I'll do anything for you." Whether a dog can in fact, do anything for you if you don't have sheep (I never have) is another matter. The dog is willing.”

Source : "Now, Where Were We?". Book by Roy Blount Jr., 1988.
“One doesn't defend one's god: one's god is in himself a defense.”
“The great and admirable strength of America consists in this, that America is truly the American people.”
“I've taken challenges with the big risk that it can all go wrong. But that's what I like and I'd rather do that than be safe all the time.”
“People don't come to stadiums only to see results. They come to see a reaction, they want to see we are also human, that we can cry or laugh.”

Source : "Blanka Vlasic mixes mischief with medals as she aims for clean sweep". Interview with Anna Kessel, www.theguardian.com. August 1, 2010.

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