“Dictators always look good until the last minutes.” LooksLastsMinutesTyrannyDictatorLast Minute Author:Tomas Garrigue Masaryk
“We shall always be a small minority in the world, but, when a small nation accomplishes something with its limited means, what it achieves has an immense and exceptional value, like the widow's mite. It is a deliberate and discerning love of a nation that appeals to me, not the indiscriminate love that assumes everything to be right because it bears a national label. Love of one's own nation should not entail non-love of other nations. Institutions by themselves are not enough.” WorldShouldMeanEnoughValuesNationsAchieveBearsInstitutionsAssumingAccomplishLabelsAppealsMinoritiesPatriotismImmenseExceptionalDeliberateWidowsDiscerningSmall Nations Author:Tomas Garrigue Masaryk
“As many languages you know, as many times you are a human being” KnowsHumansLanguageHuman BeingsPoliticianTongueLinguistics Author:Tomas Garrigue Masaryk
“Zionism has gained my full sympathy and I appreciate it much higher than what is called nationalism in modern France. It is a progressive movement, a reawakening, of which I expect a lot for the entire civilization.” ModernMovementHigherCivilizationAppreciateFranceNationalismProgressiveZionismProgressive Movement Author:Tomas Garrigue Masaryk