“We have unmistakable proof that throughout all past time, there has been a ceaseless devouring of the weak by the strong.”

— Herbert Spencer

Vol. I, Part III, Ch. 2 General Aspects of the Special-Creation-Hypothesis
Principles of Biology (1864)

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English philosopher, biologist, sociologist, and prominent … 1820–1903

Penny Jordan (1946–2011) British women's author

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“This world… belongs to the strong, my friend! The ritual of our existence is based on the strong getting stronger by devouring the weak.”

Ken Kesey book One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Source: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

“The U.S. Supreme Court has been totally incompetent and weak on the massive Election Fraud that took place in the 2020 Presidential Election. We have absolute PROOF, but they don't want to see it - No 'standing', they say. If we have corrupt elections, we have no country!”

Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America

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“Zidane is probably the best player there has been in the past 20 years … France have recovered the best Zidane and they have progressively grown throughout this tournament.”

Zinedine Zidane (1972) French association football player and manager

Marcello Lippi, manager of the World Cup-winning Italian team, 3 July 2006

“I'm just as fragile and broken as anyone else at times. We all have to get through our stuff as best we can. Some of us have strong armour, some of us don't. Sometimes my armour has been very strong and sometimes it's been very fragile.”

Anastacia (1968) American singer-songwriter

Anastacia: I'm as fragile and as broken as anyone else http://metro.co.uk/2014/05/01/anastacia-im-as-fragile-and-as-broken-as-anyone-else-4714481/, Metro.co.uk, May 1, 2014.
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“In the face of those who have no voice, we must, above all, avoid being strong with the weak.”

James Alison (1959) Christian theologian, priest

cf. 1 Cor. 10:23-30, p. 54.
Faith Beyond Resentment: Fragments Catholic and Gay (2001), " Theology amidst the stones and dust http://girardianlectionary.net/res/alison_elijah.htm"

“Good times create weak people's and weak people creates bad time and bad times creates strong peoples and strong 💪peoples create good times”

Attiah

So don't worry if now your time is bad it's making you strong so nothing can effect you in future

“Our overriding interest throughout these past few years has been to encourage a government that legitimately reflects the will of the Egyptian people, and recognizes true democracy as requiring a respect for minority rights and the rule of law, freedom of speech and assembly, and a strong civil society.”

Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America

Remarks by President Obama in Address to the United Nations General Assembly (24 September 2013) http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/09/24/remarks-president-obama-address-united-nations-general-assembly
2013

“Cut away all of those feelings that showcase your weakness and develop the strong character that you have always been dreaming since birth.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“time past and time future
what might have been and what has been
point to one end, which is always present.”

T.S. Eliot book Four Quartets

Source: Four Quartets

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