"The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism."

-- Irving Babbitt

#Europe Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Unity Quotes

“I'm an American. You can't go on where you were born. If you do then John McEnroe would be a German.”
“Generous gestures yield the most when that isn't their purpose.”
“As soon as you recognize that you are able to control your thoughts, happiness will come within your reach.”
“When I lost my friends, it was because I had used the power of giving on them recklessly. I swept into their lives with my big fat checkbook, and I erased years of obstacles for them overnight - but sometimes, in the process, I also accidentally erased years of dignity.”
“It's a shame the Manchester United situation turned sour.”
“The effect of the discovery of printing was evident in the savage religious wars of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Application of power to communication industries hastened the consolidation of vernaculars, the rise of nationalism, revolution, and new outbreaks of savagery in the twentieth century.”

Source : Harold Innis (1999). “The Bias of Communication”, p.67, University of Toronto Press
“Drama is more focused and it reveals itself to you, whereas comedy is just right there, when you first read it.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“No government fights fascism to destroy it. When the bourgeoisie sees that power is slipping out of its hands, it brings up fascism to hold onto their privileges.”

Source : The Toronto Daily Star, August 5, 1936.

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