Address to the European Parliament (2015)
Context: There are those living in Europe today who remember the ravages that struck the continent in the late 1930s and the World War that followed because of an aggressive, expansionist ideology based on hate and disregard for the very essence of humanity. Europe’s war became the World’s War. Today, we are fighting a similar war. A war against an expansionist ideology that feeds on hate; that is committing murder in the name of God and religion to justify evil actions that no religion tolerates — a war against terrorists who disrespect Islam’s values and humanity’s values.
Our victory now depends on our unity. Europe’s role is vital. Only by cooperation can our regions shut down the sources of terrorist support and defeat their purposes.
It is also essential that our regions renew the source of our great strength: the mutual respect that binds and sustains us. Young people, especially, must be inspired by values that reject violence, create peace and build inclusive society.
“A united Georgia needs our unity now, to work together towards our many common goals.”
Mikheil Saakashvili (1967) Georgian-Ukrainian politician, President of Georgia and Governor of Odessa
Source: Inaugural address https://civil.ge/archives/114132 (21 January 2008)
Frederick William Robertson (1816–1853) British writer and theologian
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 440.
Harry Truman (1884–1972) American politician, 33rd president of the United States (in office from 1945 to 1953)
Special Message to the Congress on the Threat to the Freedom of Europe (1948)
Mao Zedong (1893–1976) Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People
“Ours is a just cause; victory will be ours!”
Joseph Stalin (1879–1953) General secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
In Russian: Наше дело правое — победа будет за нами! <br class="br"> Speech at celebration meeting (6 November 1941). However, Stalin was quoting Vyacheslav Molotov's speech to the Soviet people of June 22, 1941. A facsimile of the draft of this speech is reprinted in the Russian journal _Istoricheskii Arkhiv_ No. 2, 1995, pp. 35-37. This quotation, in Molotov's handwriting, is on p. 37 of that issue. http://marx2mao.com/Stalin/GPW46.html#s2 <br class="br">Stalin's speeches, writings and authorised interviews
George Mason (1725–1792) American delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention
Letter to William Cabell (6 May 1783)
Carl Sagan (1934–1996) American astrophysicist, cosmologist, author and science educator
Cosmos: A Personal Voyage (1990 Update), The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean [Episode 1]
Context: We on Earth have just awakened to the great oceans of space and time from which we have emerged. We are the legacy of 15 billion years of cosmic evolution. We have a choice: We can enhance life and come to know the universe that made us, or we can squander our 15 billion-year heritage in meaningless self-destruction. What happens in the first second of the next cosmic year depends on what we do, here and now, with our intelligence and our knowledge of the cosmos.
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
1961, Berlin Crisis speech
“Victory is within our ready grasp…We are in reach of a famous victory”
Tony Abbott (1957) Australian politician
"Abbott's 'famous victory' remark … was it gospel or not?" http://www.theage.com.au/national/abbotts-famous-victory-remark--was-it-gospel-or-not-20100623-ywq0.html in The Age, June 23, 2010. <br class="br">2010
