Norman Finkelstein Quotes
I'm politically on the left, no question about it. I oppose sweatshops, I oppose exploitation of labour in the third world.
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My entire childhood was steeped in poverty. For me, poverty, in a way, was the first inspiration of my life, a commitment to do something for the poor.
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There is nothing fundamentally wrong with America's cities that money can't cure.
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If a man meets with injustice, it is not required that he shall not be roused to meet it; but if he is angry after he has had time to think upon it, that is sinful. The flame is not wrong, but the coals are.
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I said a lot of things in the heat of the moment that I shouldn't have said. Called him names I shouldn't have called him. I apologise for that. I'm sorry. It was all meant to promote the fight.
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Pride erects a little kingdom of its own, and acts as sovereign in it.
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Horrible experiences lead us to wonder whether the person who experiences them might not be something horrible.
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[Heraclitus] concluded that coming-to-be itself could not be anything evil or unjust.
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I knew that I could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed in the ghettos without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today - my own government.... There is something strangely inconsistent about a nation and a press that would praise you when you say, 'Be nonviolent toward Jim Clark,' but will curse and damn you when you say, 'Be nonviolent toward little brown Vietnamese children!' There is something wrong with that press.
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In every ordered State, wealth is a sacred thing: in democracies it is the only sacred thing.
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Restore the spinning wheel to its place and you will solve the problem of poverty.
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Purest religion is highest expediency. Many things are lawful but they are not all expedient.
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And the distinction between violent and non-violent action is that the former is exclusively bent upon the destruction of the old, and the latter is chiefly concerned with the establishment of something new.
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When I paint, the Sea Roars Others Splash about in the bath.
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Political elections are not life and death.
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Opera is everything rolled into one - music, theater, the dance, color and voices and theatrical illusions.
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Forgetfulness is not to be purchased with a wish; and I cannot bestow my esteem on all who desire it, unless they deserve it too.
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Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember this in moments of despair. If you find that writing is hard, it's because it is hard. It's one of the hardest things that people do
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He who is born with a silver spoon in his mouth is generally considered a fortunate person, but his good fortune is small compared to that of the happy mortal who enters this world with a passion for flowers in his soul.
