“Ridden with conflicts and lacking the industrial base of communism and nazism, Islamism is nowhere near a danger of the magnitude of those that were faced down in the 20th century.”
The Atheist Delusion (2008)
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Context: The 20th century was perhaps the deadliest in human history, devastated by innumerable conflicts, untold suffering, and unimaginable crimes. Time after time, a group or a nation inflicted extreme violence on another, often driven by irrational hatred and suspicion, or unbounded arrogance and thirst for power and resources. In response to these cataclysms, the leaders of the world came together at mid-century to unite the nations as never before.
A forum was created — the United Nations — where all nations could join forces to affirm the dignity and worth of every person, and to secure peace and development for all peoples. Here States could unite to strengthen the rule of law, recognize and address the needs of the poor, restrain man’s brutality and greed, conserve the resources and beauty of nature, sustain the equal rights of men and women, and provide for the safety of future generations.
Source: Global Shift (2003) (Fourth Edition), Chapter 18, Making the World a Better Place, p. 600
I.H. Qureshi, Mohammad Mujeeb, Ashgahar Ali Engineer
Lal, K. S. (2002). Return to roots: Emancipation of Indian Muslims. New Delhi: Radha.(9)
Creation seminars (2003-2005), The dangers of evolution
“He ran a gas station down in St. Louis… No, Mahatma Gandhi was a great leader of the 20th century.”
Introducing a quotation by Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi, as reported in International Herald Tribune (21 January 2004) http://web.archive.org/web/20051027070231/http://www.iht.com/articles/2004/01/21/edtripathi_ed3_.php#
Senate years (2001 – January 19, 2007)
2011, Remarks by the President to Parliament in London, United Kingdom (May 2011)
Footnote: The apparent advantage of the generality of this definition of number disappears as soon as we consider complex numbers. According to my view, on the other hand, the notion of the ratio between two numbers of the same kind can be clearly developed only after the introduction of irrational numbers.
Stetigkeit und irrationale Zahlen (1872)