Notable Quotable 123

Oct 12, 2023

Declare your jihad on thirteen enemies you cannot see -egoism, arrogance, conceit, selfishness, greed, lust, intolerance, anger, lying, cheating, gossiping and slandering. If you can master and destroy them, then you will be read to fight the enemy you can see.

- Al-Ghazzali

The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.

- Jane Addams

It is the certainty that they possess the truth that makes men cruel.

- Anatole France

You cannot continue to victimize someone else just because you yourself were a victim once—there has to be a limit.

- Edward Said

How much longer is the world willing to endure this spectacle of wanton cruelty?

- Bertrand Russell

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There's a Palestine that dwells inside all of us, a Palestine that needs to be rescued: a free Palestine where all people regardless of color, religion, or race coexist.

- Refaat Alareer

Occupation means you live out your life under military rule, and the constant threat of death, a quick death from a snipers bullet or a rocket attack from an M16.

- Suheir Hammad

We are all born with compassion, generosity, and love for others inside us. We are all moved by injustice and discrimination. We are all, inside, concerned human beings. -- We all want to live in a world where solidarity and companionship are more important values than individualism and selfishness.

- Noam Chomsky, On Palestine

I think it was smart that you’re wary of using the word “terrorism,” and if you talk about the cycle of violence, or “an eye for an eye,” you could be perpetuating the idea that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a balanced conflict, instead of a largely unarmed people against the fourth most powerful military in the world.

- Rachel Corrie, My Name is Rachel Corrie

You can't have occupation and human rights.

- Christopher Hitchens