Peter Kropotkin Quotes
The State is only one of the forms assumed by society in the course of history. Why then make no distinction between what is permanent and what is accidental?
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History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
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The white man made the mistake of letting me read his history books. He made the mistake of teaching me that Patrick Henry was a patriot and George Washington – wasn't nothing non-violent about old Pat or George Washington.
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The modern tradition is the tradition of revolt. The French Revolution is still our model today: history is violent change, and this change goes by the name of progress. I do not know whether these notions really apply to art.
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The world can be very small. That's why you have to be very careful, whoever you meet.
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Contemporary art will help me to modernise our society.
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I think one's history and past is important at a certain time in your life, especially as an artist, just to try to hone in on that.
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I want to go down in history.
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The same way one tells a recipe, one tells a family history. Each one of us has our past locked inside.
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Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.
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Islam's laws are fixed and that is why Islam is stable.
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I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this would have been enough to make me good, if I had not been so wicked.
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Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes me forever, it says sarcastically, Walt you contain enough, why don't you let it out then?
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I'm sure that was the right step, even though, formally speaking, it may seem disadvantageous for a president to resign. But, looking into what is happening today and what is going to happen in the future, I think history will show I made the right decision.
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I like to come into my workspace and feel it's a living environment and not frozen, which is why I often change or add to the pictures on the wall.
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History is full of people who went to prison or were burned at the stake for proclaiming their ideas. Society has always defended itself.
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It is not hard to see why the FBI wants wiretapping backdoors. It would certainly make its job easier. But rejiggering the Internet so government can conveniently monitor everything we say and do online is too high a price to pay for making law enforcement more efficient.
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If women can be railroad workers in Russia, why can't they fly in space?
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Conservatives sometimes forget that limiting government is not an end in itself but a means to a better society.
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History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.
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The State of Israel has faced obstacles and challenges to its very survival, with conventional military attacks leading the way to suicide bombers who have killed innocent Israeli men, women, and children.
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I don't agree with the sentiment 'write what you know.'... I think one should write what one doesn't know. The world is bigger and wider and more complex than our small subjective selves. One should prod, goad the imagination.
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As the ball comes down the pitch at such pace, it is a challenge just to keep going. But I'm working on it.
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When the economy is growing, there's a lot that can be done to deal with the deficit.
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The State is only one of the forms assumed by society in the course of history. Why then make no distinction between what is permanent and what is accidental?
