“And yet the world we live in-its divisions and conflicts, its widening gap between rich and poor, its seemingly inexplicable outbursts of violence-is shaped far less by what we celebrate and mythologize than by the painful events we try to forget. Leopold's Congo is but one of those silences of history.” WorldTryingForgetPoorSilenceRichViolenceEventsConflictPainfulCelebrateDivisionGapsCongoRich And PoorInexplicableOutburst Book:King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa Source: King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa
“America seems to celebrate its more violent past, but Canada doesn't like to recognize those things. The willingness to accept the existence of violence separates our two countries.” TwoCountrySeemsAmericaPastExistenceAcceptingViolenceViolentCelebrateCanadaWillingnessTwo Countries Author:Joseph Boyden
“People who say that violence doesn't accomplish anything have not read history. I don't celebrate that reality, but there you have it.” PeopleRealityViolenceAccomplishCelebrate Author:Cleve Jones
“[Vladimir] Putin is an enemy of political dissent. The U.S. celebrates political dissent and the right for people to argue free from violence about places where our ideas are in conflict.” PeopleIdeasPoliticalEnemyViolenceConflictArguingCelebrateDissentPutin Author:Benjamin E. Sasse
“Truth affirms freedom of speech. Putin is no friend of reli - freedom of speech. Putin is an enemy of freedom of religion. The U.S. celebrates freedom of religion. Putin is an enemy of the free press. The U.S. celebrates free press. Putin is an enemy of political dissent. The U.S. celebrates political dissent and the right for people to argue free from violence about places or ideas that are in conflict.” PeopleIdeasPoliticalEnemyViolenceConflictSpeechPressesArguingCelebrateFreedom Of SpeechDissentPutinNo FriendsFreedom Of ReligionFree Press Author:Benjamin E. Sasse