“Savage peoples are ruled by passion, civilized peoples by the mind. The difference lies not in the respective natures of savagery and civilization, but in their attendant circumstances, institutions, and so forth. The difference, therefore, does not operate in every sense, but it does in most of them. Even the most civilized peoples, in short, can be fired with passionate hatred for each other.” MindDoeLyingPassionDifferencesCircumstancesCivilizationHatredInstitutionsPassionateCivilizedSavagesSavagery Author:Carl von Clausewitz
“So long as our relationship is defined by our differences, we will empower those who sow hatred rather than peace, those who promote conflict rather than the cooperation that can help all of our people achieve justice and prosperity. This cycle of suspicion and discord must end.” PeopleLongEndsHelpingDifferencesJusticeAchieveConflictHatredProsperityDefinedEmpoweringCyclesCooperationOur RelationshipSuspicionDiscord Author:Barack Obama
“Of one man in especial, beyond anyone else, the citizens of a republic should beware, and that is of the man who appeals to them to support him on the ground that he is hostile to other citizens of the republic, that he will secure for those who elect him, in one shape or another, profit at the expense of other citizens of the republic. It makes no difference whether he appeals to class hatred or class interest, to religious or anti-religious prejudice. The man who makes such an appeal should always be presumed to make it for the sake of furthering his own interest.” MenShouldInterestDifferencesReligiousClassSupportHe ManCitizensShapesHatredPrejudiceSakeProfitSecureAppealsExpensesOne ManRepublicHostileAnti ReligiousReligious Prejudice Author:Theodore Roosevelt
“The principal difference between love and hate is that love is a irradiation, and hate is a concentration. Love makes everything lovely; hate concentrates itself on the object of its hatred.” LoveHateDifferencesLove IsObjectsHatredLovelyConcentrationPrincipalLove HateLove And Hate Book:Strictly personal Source: Strictly personal
“You see, the difference is the Republicans' hatred of Obama is based on a paranoid feeling about what he might do, what he's thinking, what he secretly wants to change. Anger with Bush was based on what he actually did. What Bush was thinking didn't matter. Because he wasn't.” ThinkingWantMatterFeelingsMightDifferencesRepublicanHatredParanoid Author:Bill Maher