“In a sense, my grandmother was living in the Iron Age. There was no system of writing among the nomads. Metal artifacts were rare and precious.... The first time she saw a white person my grandmother was in her thirties: she thought this person's skin had burned off.”
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is an influential writer, politician, and activist known for her advocacy on women's rights, religious freedom, and anti-terrorism. Born in Somalia, she grew up in the Netherlands and gained widespread attention for her criticism of Islam and women's rights. more
“In order to do good, you may have to engage in evil”
“One cannot fashion a credible deterrent out of an incredible action.”
“What makes it immoral if you lose and not immoral if you win?”
“Belief and seeing are both often wrong.”