“To be quite honest my country [Colombia] still shows that it can be intolerant.” Quote by Juan Pablo Escobar
“What we experience in Colombia is fratricide, we fight ourselves and it demonstrates the priority of hatred over peace and reconciliation.” FightingHatredPrioritiesReconciliationColombia Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
“I can understand how people would despise my image and my father's persona. My father's image amongst the poorest of people, those forgotten by the state, still remains a respected image. Whether we like it or not, my father was an important figure who filled a vacuum left by the state amongst the lower social classes.” PeopleStillsI CanImportantStatesFatherLeftSocialClassFiguresRemainsFilledForgottenDespiseVacuumsPersonaPoorestSocial Class Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
“Yes, of course my father harmed and caused a lot of damage but both stories are true. He did things to help and destroy Colombia, both are true.” HelpingStoriesCoursesFatherDamageColombia Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
“[My father] would be proud, he would hug me and he would be sitting front-row at all the events where I talk to the youth about not repeating [Pablo Escobar's] story because I am a consequence of what he did and I have not changed my stance on violence since we talked about it.” StoriesWould BeFatherViolenceFrontsEventsChangedYouthProudSittingConsequenceHugBe ProudStanceHug MePablo Escobar Author:Juan Pablo Escobar
“In the case of Stalinism, people actually distorted science, because it was for the good of the Communist Party.” PeoplePartyCasesCommunistCommunist PartyStalinism Author:Richard Dawkins
“I think that even the Mexican society is a victim of all of this, of these crimes of "cleaning" people, of discarding people.” PeopleThinkingCrimeVictimCleaningMexican Author:Pope Francis
“I made reference continuously to the killings, the death, the life taken by all of these narcotrafficking gangs and human smugglers. I spoke of this problem as one of the wounds that Mexico suffers. It's a great pain that I'm taking, because this nation [Mexicans] doesn't deserve a drama like this one.” HumansMadeProblemPainSufferingNationsTakenDramaDeserveKillingWoundsSpokesMexicoGangSmugglers Author:Pope Francis
“I allow myself to honor the man who fought in moments when he had no strength to impose himself, until he managed to impose himself. [Joseph] Ratzinger. Cardinal Ratzinger deserves applause.” MenMomentsHe ManHonorDeserveApplauseCardinals Author:Pope Francis
“[Joseph Ratzinger] is a man who as the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith had everything in his hands. He conducted all the investigations, and went on, went on, went on, until he couldn't go any further in the execution.” MenHandsDoctrineExecutionInvestigationCongregation Author:Pope Francis
“10 days before the death of St. John Paul II, in that Via Crucis of Holy Friday, Joseph Ratzinger said to the whole Church that it needed to clean up the dirt of the Church.” SaidWholeChurchNeededHolyCleanDirtFridayJohn PaulJohn Paul Ii Author:Pope Francis