“Although eugenics flourished in Nazi Germany, the ideal of a blond-haired, blue-eyed master race wasn’t Adolf Hitler’s. It may surprise many to know that, in Mein Kampf, Hitler credited America with helping formulate his ideas on eugenics, and he admitted he’d studied the laws of US states to familiarize himself with selective reproduction and other eugenics issues.” KnowsMayIdeasStatesHelpingAmericaLawRaceIssuesMastersIdealsBlueSurpriseGermanyNaziReproductionEugenicsSelectiveNazi GermanyMein KampfBlue Eyed Author:James Morcan
“Climate change has happened because of human behaviour, therefore it’s only natural it should be us, human beings, to address this issue. It may not be too late if we take decisive actions today.” IfsShouldHumansMayTodayActionNaturalHuman BeingsIssuesHappenedLateClimateClimate ChangeAddressesToo LateBehaviourHuman BehaviourDecisive Action Author:Ban Ki-moon
“When the only bond between close friends is attachment, then even a minor issue may cause one's projections to change. As soon as our projections change, the attachment disappears, because that attachment was based solely on projection and expectation. It is possible to have compassion without attachment, and similarly, to have anger without hatred.” MayCausesFriendshipCompassionIssuesExpectationsHatredDisappearAttachmentMinorsProjectionClose Friends Author:Dalai Lama
“The Holy Ghost is the Spirit of the Lord, and issues forth from himself, and may properly be called God's minister to execute his will in immensity.” MaySpiritLordIssuesHolyGhostMinistersHoly GhostImmensity Book:Journal of Discourses Source: Journal of Discourses
“I am not here to pass civilities or compliments with you, but on other business. I have stood your meanness as long as I intend to. You have played the part of a damned scoundrel, and are a coward, and if you were any part of a man I would slap your jaws and force you to resent it. You may as well not issue any more orders to me, for I will not obey them... and as I say to you that if you ever again try to interfere with me or cross my path it will be at the peril of your life.” IfsMenTryingWellsMayLongWarOrderForceEnemyPathIssuesSpeechCrossesObedienceOpponentsCivil WarCowardComplimentCowardiceInterfereThreateningFoePerilCivilityResentSlapMeannessScoundrelsProclamation Author:Nathan Bedford Forrest
“The reality is that the founding fathers were land speculators. The fact was that you couldn't vote in this country if you did not own land, and that was basically you had to be a white man who owned land. Now how did they get that land? They basically had to steal it from someone, and that would be probably the Indians. And so most of the initial founding fathers were, while they may have had some really nice ideas about democracy, they had a lot of issues with people of color. They had a lot of issues with people who held things that they coveted.” PeopleIfsMenMayIdeasCountryFactsRealityWould BeFatherWhiteDemocracyIssuesNiceLandColorVoteStealingWhite ManFoundingInitialsReally NiceSpeculators Author:Winona LaDuke
“We come humbly to say to the men in the forefront of our government that the civil rights issue is not an Ephemeral, evanescent domestic issue that can be kicked about by reactionary guardians of the status quo; it is rather an eternal moral issue which may well determine the destiny of our nation in the ideological struggle with communism. The hour is late. The clock of destiny is ticking out. We must act now, before it is too late.” MenWellsMayGovernmentNationsHoursMoralDestinyStruggleIssuesRightsHe ManEternalLateDetermineCivil RightsCommunismClockToo LateStatus QuoGuardianIdeologicalEphemeralReactionariesMoral Issues Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“There is such a thing as righteous judgment, but it seems that lately the word 'judgment' has become a curse word, period. The issue isn't whether or not we're insightful enough to avoid being judgmental, but whether or not we're secure enough to accept being judged. It is inevitable for every conscious human being to judge. It may spring from insight and experience and sincerity, and in such cases, it is quite beneficial on the receiving end.” HumansMayEndsEnoughSeemsHuman BeingsAcceptingCasesIssuesJudgingPeriodsJudgmentSpringConsciousInsightSecureInevitableCurseInsightfulSincerityJudgedReceivingRighteousBeneficialJudgmentalBeing JudgedCurse WordsBeing Judgmental Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“When a politician says, concerning an issue involving science, that the debate is over, you may be sure the debate is rolling on and not going swimmingly for his side.” MaySidesIssuesPoliticianDebateOver YouRollingInvolving Author:George Will
“The music is in no way politically based - I'm not trying to make a point about sampling. It may bring up issues but I'm not trying to push it on anyone.” WayTryingMayIssuesMusic IsSampling Author:Girl Talk