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“There are many different rivers that lead into despair: there's poverty; there's political repression; there's gender apartheid - there's a sense of culture loss; there's religious fanaticism.”

Different Political Culture Religious Loss Poverty Despair Rivers Gender Fanaticism Repression Apartheid

Author:Lawrence Wright

“As a philosophical problem, it comes down to a better way to engage with the passage of time; and I think we're getting close to one, because the imaginative loss of the future is becoming acute.The most effective political actors on the planet now are people who want to blow themselves up.These are people who really don't want to get out of the bed in the morning and face another unpredictable day.”

People Thinking Way Want Problem Faces Political Actors Loss Morning Planets Becoming Bed Philosophical Blow Passages Unpredictable Imaginative Better Ways Passage Of Time

Author:Bruce Sterling

“That worst evil of long dictatorships: the loss of all political experience.”

Long Political Evil Loss Worst Dictatorship

Book:What a way to run the tribe: selected articles, 1948-67

Source: What a way to run the tribe: selected articles, 1948-67

“Surely we have had enough of confusing maleness with "usefulness" and other human virtues. If men had a more modest view of what their masculinity ought to entail, perhaps they could move on from debilitating feelings of loss to tackling their real economic and political problems.”

Ifs Men Humans Real Enough Feelings Problem Moving Political Loss Views Virtue Economic Ought Modest Masculinity Confusing Usefulness Had Enough Tackling Maleness

Author:Ellen Willis

“I am very much afraid that the loss of Cyrenaica will have serious political consequences for the Duce.”

Political Loss Serious Consequence

Author:Ugo Cavallero

“Whatever may be the immediate gains and losses, the dangers to our safety arising from political suppression are always greater than the dangers to that safety arising from political freedom. Suppression is always foolish. Freedom is always wise. That is the faith, the experimental faith, by which we Americans have undertaken to live.”

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Author:Alexander Meiklejohn

“I do believe, as my father once said, that "No matter how hard the loss, defeat might serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out."”

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Author:Al Gore

“Scripture says: "Blessed are those who mourn for they shall be comforted." I call on every American family and the family of America to observe a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance, honoring the memory of the thousands of victims of these brutal attacks and comforting those who lost loved ones. We will persevere through this national tragedy and personal loss. In time, we will find healing and recovery; and, in the face of all this evil, we remain strong and united, "one Nation under God."”