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Politics3 quotes
We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. — Elie Wiesel · 1986Our original guiding stars are struggle and hope. — Pablo Neruda · 1971We are ready for the dialogue. — Lech Walesa · 1983Activism1 quote
Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. Indeed, it is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. — Martin Luther King, Jr. · 1964Conflict resolution1 quote
We are ready for the dialogue. — Lech Walesa · 1983Downsides of technology1 quote
Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master. — Christian Louis Lange · 1921Fighting for justice1 quote
Our original guiding stars are struggle and hope. — Pablo Neruda · 1971Hope1 quote
Our original guiding stars are struggle and hope. — Pablo Neruda · 1971Human nature1 quote
I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail. He is immortal, not because he alone among creatures has an inexhaustible voice, but because he has a soul, a spirit capable of compassion and sacrifice and endurance. — William Faulkner · 1950Justice1 quote
Our original guiding stars are struggle and hope. — Pablo Neruda · 1971Literature1 quote
Once literature is contrived as the hymn of the nation, the flag of the race, the mouthpiece of a political party or the voice of a class or a group it can be employed as a mighty and all-engulfing tool of propaganda. However, such literature loses what is inherent in literature, ceases to be literature, and becomes a substitute for power and profit. — Gao Xingjian · 2000Nonviolence1 quote
Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. Indeed, it is a weapon unique in history, which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields it. — Martin Luther King, Jr. · 1964Nuclear holocaust1 quote
I refuse to accept the cynical notion that nation after nation must spiral down a militaristic stairway into the hell of thermonuclear destruction. I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. — Martin Luther King, Jr. · 1964Oppression1 quote
We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. — Elie Wiesel · 1986Political neutrality1 quote
We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. — Elie Wiesel · 1986Political reconciliation1 quote
We are ready for the dialogue. — Lech Walesa · 1983Progress1 quote
Our original guiding stars are struggle and hope. — Pablo Neruda · 1971Science1 quote
When…we fear science, we really fear ourselves. Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge. — John C. Polanyi · 1986Standing up for what's right1 quote
We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. — Elie Wiesel · 1986Technology1 quote
Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master. — Christian Louis Lange · 1921