“Well, that was one thing you had to give [Makann] credit for. He wanted to run out the Gilgameshers. Everybody was in favor of that.
Now, Trask could remember something he'd gotten from Harkaman. There had been Hitler, back at the end of the First Century Pre-Atomic; hadn't he gotten into power because everybody was in favor of running out the Christians, or the Moslems, or the Albigensians, or somebody?”
Source: Space Viking
“Historical memory is hijacked by those who carry out war. They seek, when the memory challenges the myth, to obliterate or hide the evidence that exposes the myth as a life. The destruction is pervasive, aided by an establishment, including the media, which apes the slogans and euphemisms parroted by the powerful. Because nearly everyone in wartime is complicit, it is difficult for societies to confront their own culpability and the life that led to it.”
Source: War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning
“Those who do not forget the state's losses wanted to forget the children executed by organizations.”
Source: Ernesto'nun Dağları
“Discussion can solve problems that guns and pills cannot.”
Source: Good Scientist: When Science and Service Combine
“It'll be a change," says Marcus. "Something different."
"Not a mystery."
Marcus laughs. "No. Not a mystery. Just a nice safe history."
Ah, my darling. But there is no such thing.”
Source: The House at Riverton
“Diplomacy won't bring peace, only heartfelt nonjudgmental conversation will. So, for once O Nations of Earth, forget your national insecurities and sit down together, not as nations but as humans, not to negotiate, but to communicate.”
Source: Hurricane Humans: Give me accountability, I'll give you peace
“You don’t have the right to reproduce, unless you are doing your part to reduce carbon emission. Reproduction is an animal tenet but for it to be a human right, the human must carry out the duties that go along with reproduction, that is to make sure the newborns actually have a healthy world to live in, not one infested with disease and geopolitical conflicts.”
Source: Neden Türk: The Gospel of Secularism
“No matter the cause, no civilian must die, that is my one unimpeachable law.”
Source: Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch
“How humans love plundering a forest, like spoiled children with their parents' ATM cards and no concept of moderation”
Source: Mother of God: An Extraordinary Journey into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon
“We make the evil monsters spending billions money of the people, to get nothing and then remain engaged to destroy them plundering the resources, double of that. We still claim ourselves to be the wise and civilised characters.”