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„I am not antagonistic to the rightful claims of capital; I am far from wanting to flourish a hostile flag; but I am of opinion that the masses, too, have rights which should be considered.“

— Otto von Bismarck German statesman, Chancellor of Germany 1815 - 1898
1880s, Speech to the Reichstag (14 June 1882), quoted in W. H. Dawson, Bismarck and State Socialism: An Exposition of the Social and Economic Legislation of Germany since 1870 (London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1891), p. 32

Hostility

„In the domain of political economy the abstract doctrines of science leave me perfectly cold, my only standard of judgment being experience.“

— Otto von Bismarck German statesman, Chancellor of Germany 1815 - 1898
Undated, As quoted in W. H. Dawson, Bismarck and State Socialism: An Exposition of the Social and Economic Legislation of Germany since 1870 (London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1891), p. 54

Science

„Just because you’re a journalist you are not exempted from assassination, if you’re a son of a bitch.“

— Rodrigo Duterte Filipino politician and the 16th President of the Philippines 1945
Duterte endorses killing corrupt journalists https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/788543/duterte-endorses-killing-corrupt-journalists

Bitch

„Mr. Obama, you can go to hell.“

— Rodrigo Duterte Filipino politician and the 16th President of the Philippines 1945
Targeted remarks to personalities and institutions, Philippine President to Obama: 'Go to Hell' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXN2dU28LCE&t=9

Hell

„New York Times… Asshole, asshole. You cannot even criticize your own mistake. Invading a country, making up excuses before the world that is not true, then you have the gall to say stop. You better stop your publishing.“

— Rodrigo Duterte Filipino politician and the 16th President of the Philippines 1945
Targeted remarks to personalities and institutions, Duterte to New York Times: ‘You better stop your publishing’ https://globalnation.inquirer.net/155506/duterte-new-york-times-better-stop-publishing

Country, Time, Making love, World

„Do not hesistate to attack me, criticize me, if I do wrong in my job. It is your duty.“

— Rodrigo Duterte Filipino politician and the 16th President of the Philippines 1945
On criticism, Philstar, Duterte to media: You can criticize me as long as it’s true https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/09/11/1622603/duterte-media-you-can-criticize-me-long-its-true (September 2016)

„Anybody can criticize me, except for foreigners.“

— Rodrigo Duterte Filipino politician and the 16th President of the Philippines 1945
On criticism, The Manila Times, Duterte: ‘Anybody can criticize me, except foreigners’ https://www.manilatimes.net/2018/05/03/news/latest-stories/duterte-anybody-can-criticize-me-except-foreigners/396588/ (May 2018)

„Orwell in "1984" explained that "the special function of certain Newspeak words … was not so much to express meanings as to destroy them." When terrorists attack, they’re terrorizing. When we attack, we’re retaliating. When they respond to our retaliation with further attacks, they’re terrorizing again... At all times, Americans must be kept fully informed about who to hate and fear...“

— Norman Solomon American journalist, media critic, antiwar activist 1951
"Orwellian Logic 101 — A Few Simple Lessons", in FAIR https://fair.org/media-beat-column/orwellian-logic-101-8212-a-few-simple-lessons/ (27 August 1998)

Time, Hate, Fear

„We need a major shift in the U.S. approach toward Russia...The lives -- and even existence -- of future generations are at stake in the relationship between Washington and Moscow... The incessant drumbeat is in sync with what Martin Luther King Jr. called “the madness of militarism.“

— Norman Solomon American journalist, media critic, antiwar activist 1951
Hostile Propaganda: Contempt for diplomacy with Russia is now extreme (16 July 2018)

Madness, Future

„Activists have been encouraged by his ability to listen, learn and change...“

— Norman Solomon American journalist, media critic, antiwar activist 1951
Bernie’s Likely 2020 Bid Could Transform the Political Landscape (29 Jan 2019)

Change, Learning

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„If there is going to be class warfare in this country, it’s time that the working class of this country won that war and not just the corporate elite.“

— Bernie Sanders American politician, senator for Vermont 1941
2020, Senator Sanders was speaking to the Iowa AFL-CIO convention summer 2019 Quoted by Norman Solomon in The Escalating Class War Against Bernie Sanders https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/02/18/the-escalating-class-war-against-bernie-sanders/ (18 Feb 2020)

Country, Time, War

„The average man is happier in the wrong with a crowd, than he is in the right with only one or two companions.“

— Chapman Cohen British atheist and secularist writer and lecturer 1868 - 1954
[God and the Universe: Eddington, Jeans, Huxley, & Einstein, 128, 1931, Pioneer Press, https://books.google.com/books?id=QmBHAAAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=happier]

„Of the four terms ... Praise, Blame, Punishment, and Responsibility, the cardinal and governing one is the last.“

— Chapman Cohen British atheist and secularist writer and lecturer 1868 - 1954
Determinism or Free-will? (1912), p. 68 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89009314162&view=1up&seq=72

„Facts are more insistent than theories, and in the last resort it is the nature of things which determine the course of our actions.“

— Chapman Cohen British atheist and secularist writer and lecturer 1868 - 1954
Determinism or Free-will? (1912), p. 77 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89009314162&view=1up&seq=81

Nature

„Granting that an illusion may have its uses, it can only be of service so long as we do not know it to be an illusion.“

— Chapman Cohen British atheist and secularist writer and lecturer 1868 - 1954
Determinism or Free-will? (1912), p. 96 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89009314162&view=1up&seq=100

„Words on the paper mix with blood,
The extraordinary labor of ten years!“

— Cao Xueqin Chinese writer during the Qing dynasty 1724 - 1763
Misattributed, (zh-TW) 字字看來皆是血，十年辛苦不尋常。 Red Inkstone, couplet in the preface to Dream of the Red Chamber, 1754 Jiaxu manuscript (甲戌本); quoted in Zhou Ruchang's Between Noble and Humble, trans. Liangmei Bao (New York: Peter Lang, 2009), p. 181.

„Words on the paper mix with blood,
The extraordinary labor of ten years!“

— Zhiyanzhai
(zh-TW) 字字看來皆是血，十年辛苦不尋常。 Poem in the preface to Dream of the Red Chamber, present in its 1754 jiaxu manuscript (甲戌本), quoted in Zhou Ruchang's Between Noble and Humble, trans. Liangmei Bao (New York: Peter Lang, 2009), p. 181

„When I was a hardworking, pistol-hot writer, I was unknown. Now that I’m a tired old man, they start hollerin’ how good I am. I’m not going to analyze what that all means. I’m just determined not to let it turn my life into something I don’t want it to be.“

— Shelby Foote Novelist, historian 1916 - 2005
Interview for the People Magazine, 1990

Life

„There’s nothing better for a writer than to be reluctant to go to bed, anxious to wake up and start again. That’s living. That’s what I felt.“

— Shelby Foote Novelist, historian 1916 - 2005
Interview for the People Magazine, 1990

„I think... therefore I am annoyed.“

— Darby Conley American cartoonist 1970
Bucky Katt, Daily strip for November 17, 2007

Thinking

„Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Etiam egestas wisi a erat. Morbi imperdiet, mauris ac auctor dictum.“

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