Dan Simmons book The Rise of Endymion
Source: The Rise of Endymion (1997), Chapter 33 (p. 684)
I.H. Qureshi, Mohammad Mujeeb, Ashgahar Ali Engineer
Lal, K. S. (2002). Return to roots: Emancipation of Indian Muslims. New Delhi: Radha.(9)
Dan Simmons book The Rise of Endymion
Source: The Rise of Endymion (1997), Chapter 33 (p. 684)
Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012) Korean religious leader
The Way of God's Will Chapter 1-8. Kingdom of Heaven http://www.unification.org/ucbooks/WofGW/wogw1-08.htm Translated 1980.
“Good morning to those who dare, those who do not get tired, who never give up.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: (it) Buongiorno a chi osa, a chi non si stanca, a chi non molla mai.
Source: prevale.net
Scott Morrison (1968) 30th Prime Minister of Australia
"An Address by Prime Minister Scott Morrison" https://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/address-prime-minister-scott-morrison (7 March 2022)
“One should not seek those who do not wish to be found.”
Melissa de la Cruz book Masquerade
Source: Masquerade
“Those who shed the blood of the innocent have nothing to do with Islam and the Holy Prophet.”
Mirza Masroor Ahmad (1950) spiritual leader of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community
Others
Kenan Malik (1960) English writer, lecturer and broadcaster
Free speech in an age of identity politics (2015)
Context: To accept that certain things cannot be said is to accept that certain forms of power cannot be challenged.... This is why free speech is essential not simply to the practice of democracy, but to the aspirations of those groups who may have been failed by the formal democratic processes; to those whose voices may have been silenced by racism, for instance. The real value of free speech, in other words, is not to those who possess power, but to those who want to challenge them. And the real value of censorship is to those who do not wish their authority to be challenged. The right to ‘subject each others’ fundamental beliefs to criticism’ is the bedrock of an open, diverse society. Once we give up such a right in the name of ‘tolerance’ or ‘respect’, we constrain our ability to challenge those in power, and therefore to challenge injustice.
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
1963, Civil Rights Address
Context: The fires of frustration and discord are burning in every city, North and South, where legal remedies are not at hand. Redress is sought in the streets, in demonstrations, parades, and protests which create tensions and threaten violence and threaten lives. We face, therefore, a moral crisis as a country and as a people. It cannot be met by repressive police action. It cannot be left to increased demonstrations in the streets. It cannot be quieted by token moves or talk. It is a time to act in the Congress, in your State and local legislative body and, above all, in all of our daily lives. It is not enough to pin the blame on others, to say this is a problem of one section of the country or another, or deplore the fact that we face. A great change is at hand, and our task, our obligation, is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for all. Those who do nothing are inviting shame as well as violence. Those who act boldly are recognizing right as well as reality.