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literature privilege reason
Religion is dogmatic. Politic is ideological. Reason must be logical, but literature has a privilege of being equivocal. Carlos Fuentes
literature civility
The civility which money will purchase, is rarely extended to those who have none. Charles Dickens
literature potatoes poultry
Papa, potatoes, poultry, prunes and prism, are all very good words for the lips.
literature made should
I made a compact with myself that in my person literature should stand by itself, of itself, and for itself.
literature stealing plagiarism
If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition. Charles Caleb Colton
literature prudence
There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
literature fool religious-bigotry
Bigotry murders religion to frighten fools with her ghost.
literature speech giants
The Grecian’s maxim would indeed be a sweeping clause in Literature; it would reduce many a giant to a pygmy; many a speech to a sentence; and many a folio to a primer.
literature action conflict
Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.
atrocities idle jew
As a Jew I cannot sit idle while genocidal atrocities continue to unfold in Darfur, Sudan. Jan Schakowsky
atrocities silent innocent
Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent. Azar Nafisi
atrocities communism convey crushing doubt face facts human leaves lenin soviet spirit today
No chronology of Soviet atrocities can convey the crushing of the human spirit under Lenin and his successors. But the retelling of 70 years of grisly facts leaves little doubt that what we face today in Soviet communism is, indeed, an 'evil empire'. Michael Johns
atrocities good people witness
So many people witness atrocities and can't take their eyes away from them, but that doesn't mean they're good. Adam Levine
atrocities basically east hands held
Those who are responsible for the atrocities in East Timor must be held accountable, ... So, basically it is in the hands of Indonesia. Kofi Annan
atrocities brought committed essential forward revert security trial
If the trial does not go forward as planned, (the U.N. Security Council) may revert to an international tribunal, ... It is essential that those who committed the atrocities be brought to justice.
atrocities complete continues entirely essential fails people position sending tribunal
I think today that it is essential that the Rwandan tribunal continues to prosecute efficiently. And if the U.N. fails to do that, it is sending entirely the wrong message to people who are in the position to complete these atrocities again. Tony Greig
atrocities directly enduring hope learn people resource survivors witnesses
Our hope is that the archive will be a resource so enduring that 10, or 50, or even 100 years from now, people around the world will learn directly from survivors and witnesses about the atrocities of the Holocaust. Steven Spielberg
atrocities catching committed course fear gang priority succeed thursday tracking until
Our fear is of course of more attacks, until we succeed in tracking down the gang which committed the atrocities on Thursday and that's why the No. 1 priority ... has to be the catching of the perpetrators. Charles Clark
institutions accustomed
Those which we call necessary institutions are simply no more than institutions to which we have become accustomed. Alexis de Tocqueville
institutions charitable
I'm forming a charitable institution for education. Amar Bose
institutions members certain
Over the longer term, the institutions and powers of the EU will continue to expand and certain policymaking powers, heretofore vested in the member states, will be delegated or transferred to, or pooled and shared with EU institutions. As a result, the sovereignty of the member states will increasingly be eroded. David Cameron
institutions humans
Marriage is the most licentious of human institutions. George Bernard Shaw
institutions results performances
What can I contribute that will significantly affect the performance and the results of the institution I serve? Peter Drucker
institutions civil-society
The greatest failure is that although we have created institutions, we have not created a civil society. Paddy Ashdown
institutions mistrust transparency
Transparency is not about restoring trust in institutions. Transparency is the politics of managing mistrust. Ivan Krastev
institutions committed
Marriage is an institution, and you must be fully committed to it. Gene Simmons
institutions democratic
There exists no more democratic institution than the market Joseph A. Schumpeter