“To the end of history, social orders will probably destroy themselves in an effort to prove they are indestructible.” EndsOrderSocialEffortProveSocial OrderIndestructible Author:Reinhold Niebuhr
“We need to organize ourselves and protest against existing order - against war, against economic and sexual exploitation, against racism, etc. But to organize ourselves in such a way that means correspond to the ends, and to organize ourselves in such a way as to create kind of human relationship that should exist in future society. That would mean to organize ourselves without centralize authority, without charismatic leader, in a way that represents in miniature the ideal of the future egalitarian society.” WayNeedsShouldHumansKindMeanWarEndsOrderLeaderEconomicAuthorityRacismIdealsEtcProtestExploitationOrganizeHuman RelationsHuman RelationshipsCharismaticMiniaturesAgainst WarAgainst RacismFuture Society Author:Howard Zinn
“Even the greatest mathematicians, the ones that we would put into our mythology of great mathematicians, had to do a great deal of leg work in order to get to the solution in the end.” EndsOrderDealsSolutionsLegsMythologyMathematician Author:Daniel Tammet
“A guy walks into a bar, orders a drink, sees a girl that catches his eye. Asks her if she wants another, they fall for each other and end up lovers. They laugh, cry, hold on tight and make it work for a little while, then one night her taillights fade out into the dark. And a guy walks into a bar” IfsWantLittlesEndsEyeNightGuyOrderFallGirlAsksDarkWalksLaughingCryLoversDrinkBarsHis EyesFadesOne Night Author:Tyler Farr
“You know, we live in a country where if you want to go bomb somebody, there's remarkably little discussion about how much it might cost, even though the costs almost inevitably end up being orders of magnitude larger than anybody projected at the outcome.” PeopleIfsKnowsWantLittlesEndsCountryMightSufferingOrderCostConsciousDiscussionOutcomesBombsMagnitude Author:Andrew Bacevich
“It was at first communicated to you that the Government, by order of the Jemiet had decided to destroy completely all the Armenians living in Turkey...An end must be put to their existence, however criminal the measures taken may be, and no regard must be paid to either age or sex nor to conscientious scruples.” FirstsMayEndsGovernmentAgeOrderSexExistenceTakenDecidedPaidRegardCriminalsGenocideTurkeysScruplesArmeniansArmenian Genocide Author:Talaat Pasha