Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Context: There are only two forces that unite men — fear and interest. All great revolutions originate in fear, for the play of interests does not lead to accomplishment.
Napoleon : In His Own Words (1916)
Martí : Thoughts/Pensamientos (1994)
Context: Fortunately, there is a sane equilibrium in the character of nations, as there is in that of men. The force of passion is balanced by the force of interest. An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-preservation and life. A nation that neglects either of these forces perishes. They must be steered together, like a pair of carriage horses.
“Men are driven by two principal impulses, either by love or by fear.”
Source: The Discourses
Herbert Hoover, 1874-1964 (1971)
“Men! The only animal in the world to fear!”
Mountain Lion (1923)
“Come, let us arm with speed; and let us two
Try, what our forces may united do.”
Book XIII
Homer His Iliads Translated (1660)
My Race (1893)
Context: Ostentatious men who are governed by self-interest will combine, whether white or black, and the generous and selfless will similarly unite. True men, black and white, will treat one another with loyalty and tenderness, out of a sense of merit and the pride of everyone who honors the land in which we were born, black and white alike. Negroes, who now use the word "racist" in good faith, will stop using it when they realize it is the only apparently valid argument that weak men, who honestly believe that Negroes are inferior, use to deny them the full exercise of their rights as men. White and black racists would be equally guilty of racism.
“Only external forces with their own interests can introduce such seeds of hatred.”
Source: Acts of vandalism in a Catholic church in Assam: alarm for Christmas http://www.fides.org/en/news/65271-ASIA_INDIA_Acts_of_vandalism_in_a_Catholic_church_in_Assam_alarm_for_Christmas (December 2018)
