“Why should these Palestinians, who have lived in Jerusalem for hundreds of years, be evicted from their homes so that Jews from Brooklyn can live in them?” ShouldYearsHomeJewPalestinianBrooklynJerusalem Author:Norman Finkelstein
“These are the rules of big business...Get a monopoly; let society work for you; and remember that the best of all business is politics.” BigsRememberMonopolyBig Business Author:Frederic C. Howe
“War demands sacrifice of the people. It gives only suffering in return.” PeopleGivingWarSufferingSacrificeReturnDemand Author:Frederic C. Howe
“In the days of peace every precaution should be taken to insure that there are no forces making for war. Just as we now forbid the trafficking in certain drugs, in the sale of poisons, just as we forbid the making of any imprint that suggests a coin or currency, just as experience has demonstrated that men may not make profit out of certain things because of the danger of abuse, so in the gravest of all dangers laws should be passed taking from those who might gain from war or preparations for war every hope that advantage could come to them by such a calamity.” MenShouldMayWarMightLawCertainForceTakenDangerDrugGainsAdvantageAbuseProfitPreparationPoisonCurrencyCoinsCalamityPrecautionTrafficking Author:Frederic C. Howe
“It is only through an abandonment of the idea that those entrusted with power have an exclusive right to decide upon war, and the substitution of a public opinion equipped with all the facts and taken into the confidence of the ruling classes, that peace can be assured to the world.” WorldIdeasWarFactsOpinionClassTakenWar Of The WorldsRulingAssuredPublic OpinionExclusiveAbandonmentSubstitutionDecide Upon Author:Frederic C. Howe
“To love God, which was a thing far excelling all the cunning that is possible for us in this life to obtain.” GodThis LifeGod LoveCunning Author:Thomas More
“And peradventure we have more cause to thank Him for our loss than for our winning; for His wisdom better seeth what is good for us than we do ourselves.” WinningCausesLossResignation Author:Thomas More
“It is part of the business of life to be affable and pleasing to those whom either nature, chance or circumstance has made our companions.” MadeFriendshipChanceCircumstancesCompanionAffable Author:Thomas More