“Political ideas that have dominated the public mind for decades cannot be refuted through rational arguments. They must run their course in life and cannot collapse otherwise than in great catastrophe.” MindIdeasReasonRunningPoliticalCoursesPoliticsArgumentInvestingDecadesRationalCollapseCatastrophe Author:Ludwig von Mises
“Curiously, it is hard not to be a little optimistic about the future for Zimbabwe (as nobody at all calls it yet, except in political speeches). The fear is not that there will be mass slaughter of the whites, followed by their flight to South Africa and the collapse of the economy, but that the need to retain white confidence may mean that the blacks are badly disappointed.” NeedsMayMeanLittlesHardPoliticalWhiteEconomySpeechMassSouthFlightOptimisticDisappointedCollapseSouth AfricaSlaughterZimbabwePolitical Speeches Author:Simon Hoggart
“Critics of the war plans (including myself) have pointed to the disastrous political results that must be expected: Iraq would break into three parts (Kurds in the north, Sunnis in the center, Shi'ites in the south), the Middle East would be exposed to the onslaught of Iranian fanaticism, pro-Western Arab regimes would collapse. Israel would be surrounded by aggressive Islamic fundamentalism, like the Crusader kingdom with the advent of Saladin.” WarWould BePoliticalThreeResultsBreakPlansMiddleSouthCriticsWesternIncludingIraqIsraelEastExpectedKingdomsIslamicAggressiveExposedRegimesMiddle EastCollapseFundamentalismFanaticismIranianAdventKurdsIslamic FundamentalismWar PlansSaladin Author:Uri Avnery