Gene Sharp Quotes
Contrary to popular opinion, even totalitarian dictatorships are dependent on the population and the societies they rule.
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Jason Rezaian, held for 544 days in Iran, was not a spy but rather a 'Washington Post' journalist whose work aimed to increase cultural understanding between Iran and the world.
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He is courageous who endures and fears the right thing, for the right motive, in the right way and at the right times.
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Not to commit faults counts for more than to do good.
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Maybe we didn't have many possessions, but we never went hungry, were cold, or lacked love.
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In language clarity is everything.
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Curtailment of free speech is rationalized on grounds that a more compelling American tradition forbids criticism of the government when the nation is at war... Nothing can be more destructive of our fundamental democratic traditions than the vicious effort to silence dissenters.
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What a deformed thief this fashion is.
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None, while in flesh, can be entirely free from himsa, because one never completely renounces the will to live.
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Give obedience where 'tis truly owed.
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Cato, being scurrilously treated by a low and vicious fellow, quietly said to him, "A contest between us is very unequal, for thou canst bear ill language with ease, and return it with pleasure; but to me it is unusual to hear, and disagreeable to speak it." There are none more abusive to others than they that lie most open to it themselves; but the humor goes round, and he that laughs at me today will have somebody to laugh at him tomorrow.
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So the tradition from Europe is that you're supposed to emphasize the mind over the body, so you sing from a very kind of staid perspective. Again, there are charismatic white congregations all over, and they don't sing that way. But, you know, on the average.
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A happy union with wife and child is like the music of lutes and harps.
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Because we are free we can never be indifferent to the fate of freedom elsewhere. Our moral sense dictates a clearcut preference for these societies which share with us an abiding respect for individual human rights. We do not seek to intimidate, but it is clear that a world which others can dominate with impunity would be inhospitable to decency and a threat to the well-being of all people.
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The JBU discipline process occurs in response to specific behaviors demonstrated repeatedly over time ... (and) that are contrary to the biblical values expressed in the community covenant.
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The attempt to politicize everything is the destruction of politics. When everything is seen as relevant to politics, than politics has in fact become totalitarian.
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You are dependent if you allow the weaknesses of other people to ruin your emotional life!
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Contrary to popular opinion, even totalitarian dictatorships are dependent on the population and the societies they rule.
