Famous Quotes of the day

“I am not what I know. I know not what I am. A thing, yet not a thing. A point as well as a circle.”

“A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than the giant himself.”

“In the counsels of Government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the Military Industrial Complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist. We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes.”

“Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.”

“The selective disregard for international law by the United States in the context of the 'war on terror' has enormous influence over the rest of the world. When the US commits serious human rights violations it sends a signal to abusive governments that these practices are permissible. This is why Guantanamo Bay is so important: it tells other governments that they can commit human rights violations in the name of counter-terrorism too.”