Mahatma Gandhi Quotes
Civil disobedience is not only the natural right of a people, especially when they have no effective voice in their own Government, but that it is also a substitute for violence or armed rebellion.Mahatma Gandhi
Quotes to Explore
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Who controls the issuance of money controls the government!
Nathan Meyer Rothschild -
Non-violence is the article of faith.
Mahatma Gandhi -
I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.
Naguib Mahfouz -
One of the worst of errors would be the general admission of the proposition that a Government has no right to interfere for any purpose except for that of affording protection.
Nassau William Senior -
How do you deal with a criminal that will not listen to what you have to say and who continues his policy of violence? Some say you continue to talk and let him tire himself out. But nearly 40 years after the institution of apartheid, is there anyone who still believes that verbal persuasion will work?
Oliver Tambo -
For me, I can't watch violence when it's too grotesque, and it's just like, that's revolting to watch. I don't enjoy it. But when it's a Tarantino film, I'm lining up outside the door to see it, and I'm expecting to see something really crazy, a lot of blood, and for it to be funny.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson
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Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.
Abbas Kiarostami -
The Chinese have made a faustian pact with the government, agreeing to forsake demands for political and intellectual freedom in exchange for more material comfort. They live prosperous lives in which any expression of pain is forbidden.
Ma Jian -
The Polish freedom movement of 1968 lost its confrontation with police violence; the Prague Spring was crushed by the armies of five Warsaw Pact members. But in both countries, 1968 gave birth to a new political consciousness.
Adam Michnik -
Most people seem unaware that corporate influence and wealth has taken over public policy, such that government policy now favors the wealthy few at the expense of the people.
Hank Johnson -
If Congress refuse to listen to and grant what women ask, there is but one course left then to pursue. What is there left for women to do but to become the mothers of the future government?
Victoria Woodhull -
No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision.
Barbara Tuchman
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Just about every actor wants to be a Disney cartoon voice at some point.
Randy Quaid -
I think Robert Plant is the quintessential frontman - just the way he moves. His voice is superhuman.
Taylor Momsen -
The government of Iran has no problem with the American nation.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -
After you pay your E-ZPass bill, there is no reason for the government to keep records of your travel.
Adam Cohen -
When the government runs out of lenders, it can do something that households are forbidden to do: print money.
P. J. O'Rourke -
My first jobs after graduation in 1955 were as a project engineer for G.E. and later with the U.S. government in Washington, D.C., where I met and married my wife, Dolores Celini.
Oliver E. Williamson
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Withholding of payment of taxes is one of the quickest methods of overthrowing a government.
Mahatma Gandhi -
This Bruce Jenner still has Y chromosomes in every cell of his body. Do not tell me he is a girl. And I’ve checked with all my gay friends and they all say if he didn’t cut it off, he’s still a man.
Ann Coulter -
When you get a job on 'The Walking Dead' you imagine you're going to be running through the woods with a lot of weaponry shouting, 'Look out!'
Dallas Roberts -
'Beware Okonkwo!' she warned. 'Beware of exchanging words with Agbala. Does a man speak when a god speaks? Beware!'
Chinua Achebe -
The beautiful thing is I have sort of grown up. I don't care if I'm highbrow or not anymore.
David Lagercrantz -
Civil disobedience is not only the natural right of a people, especially when they have no effective voice in their own Government, but that it is also a substitute for violence or armed rebellion.
Mahatma Gandhi