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Charles Mackay photo
Charles Mackay photo
Charles Mackay photo
Charles Mackay photo

“Credulity is always greatest in times of calamity.”

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds (1841)

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington photo
David Henrie photo

“People are chameleons, and you adapt to your surroundings. If you're not willing to put the right people around you or stick to the right group of friends or keep the right influences around you, it makes everything more difficult.”

David Henrie (1989) American actor

David Henrie Interview: "There’s Someone out There That’s Got My Eye, but We’re Just Seeing Where It Goes" (26 January 2015) Smashing Interviews Magazine https://smashinginterviews.com/interviews/actors/david-henrie-interview-theres-someone-out-there-thats-got-my-eye-but-were-just-seeing-where-it-goes

“There is no Church without the Eucharist. The fact that it is not available makes us become a Protestant Catholic Church, because we lack the Eucharist and the other sacraments.”

Eugenio Coter (1957) Catholic bishop

Bishop says Amazon Synod did little to tackle sacramental crisis in region (20 January 2022) Crux https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-americas/2022/01/bishop-says-amazon-synod-did-little-to-tackle-sacramental-crisis-in-region

Mick Wallace photo

“What is democracy anyway? Is it having a vote every four or five years? No, it's not. It's your people having a say in the society they live in. And most of the American people have no say in the society they're living in.”

Mick Wallace (1955) Irish politician and football manager

As quoted in a speech on 8 June 2022, "'Couldn't Spell Democracy:' Irish Politician's Rant on America Resurfaces" in Newsweek https://www.newsweek.com/couldnt-spell-democracy-irish-politicians-rant-america-resurfaces-viral-reddit-1722739

Susan B. Anthony photo

“The fact is women are in chains, and their servitude is all the more debasing because they do not realize.”

Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906) American women's rights activist

Quoted in: Kabir, Hajara Muhammad (2010). Northern women development. [Nigeria]. ISBN 978-978-906-469-4. OCLC 890820657.

Kamala Harris photo

“I think that, to be very honest with you, I — I do believe that we should have rightly believed, but we certainly believed that certain issues are just settled. Certain issues are just settled.”

Kamala Harris (1964) United States Senator from California

On why Democrats didn't codify Roe vs Wade, in an interview with CBS https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kamala-harris-roe-v-wade-settled-law/
2022, July 2022

Seneca the Younger photo

“There are more things, likely to frighten us than there are to crush us; we suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”

Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter XIII: On Groundless Fears
Original: (la) Plura sunt, quae nos terrent quam quae premunt, et saepius opinione quam re laboramus.

“I am just a very ordinary priest without much achievement. I'm not even aware what strengths I have. But my fellow priests, nuns and lay Catholics give me their support and trust, so I will try my very best.”

Anthony Dang Mingyan (1967) Chinese bishop

New Auxiliary Bishop Of Xi´an Strains To Help ´High-Caliber´ Bishop (26 July 2005) UCA News https://www.ucanews.com/story-archive/?post_name=/2005/07/27/new-auxiliary-bishop-of-xian-strains-to-help-highcaliber-bishop&post_id=26095

Jean-Gabriel Diarra photo

“We must explain that we are animated by the Spirit of the Gospel: we do not want to impose our faith but we do want to announce it. The Church is not a non governmental organisation it is at the service of the Proclamation of the Word.”

Jean-Gabriel Diarra (1945–2019) Malian catholic priest

“Our intention is not to impose the Gospel but to proclaim it with our lives” President of Bishops Conference in Rome for ad limina visit tells Fides (16 May 2007) Fides News Agency http://www.fides.org/en/news/9548-AFRICA_MALI_Our_intention_is_not_to_impose_the_Gospel_but_to_proclaim_it_with_our_lives_President_of_Bishops_Conference_in_Rome_for_ad_limina_visit_tells_Fides

Kofi Annan photo

“Gender equality is critical for the development and peace of every nation.”

Kofi Annan (1938–2018) 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations

Quoted in: Kabir, Hajara Muhammad (2010). Northern women development. [Nigeria]. ISBN 978-978-906-469-4. OCLC 890820657.

Kofi Annan photo

“When women thrive, all of society benefits and succeeding generations are given a better start in life.”

Kofi Annan (1938–2018) 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations

Quoted in: Kabir, Hajara Muhammad (2010). Northern women development. [Nigeria]. ISBN 978-978-906-469-4. OCLC 890820657.

John Berger photo
Dave Leduc photo

“I would prefer fighting foreign fighters to show the true power of Lethwei against other martial arts.”

Dave Leduc (1991) Canadian Lethwei fighter (born 1991)

As quoted by Anadolu Agency https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/ethnic-muslim-fighter-eyes-myanmar-s-kickboxing-crown/1325639 (November 30, 2018)
On Lethwei

Dave Leduc photo

“In life you don’t ‘half-ass’ things. So I thought; I want to fight, why not do the most brutal sport in the world?”

Dave Leduc (1991) Canadian Lethwei fighter (born 1991)

Leduc talking about Lethwei in A royal portrait: Dave Leduc https://thebodylockmma.com/lethwei/a-royal-portrait-dave-leduc-king-of-lethwei/ (July 30, 2019)
On Lethwei

Dave Leduc photo

“Veganism. It’s not a diet, it’s a philosophy, which aims to cause as less cruelty around you as practically possible.”

Dave Leduc (1991) Canadian Lethwei fighter (born 1991)

On veganism
Source: As quoted in Plant Based News https://plantbasednews.org/culture/sport/world-champion-lethwei-fighter-dave-leduc-says-being-vegan-is-a-philosophy-not-a-diet/ (2nd February, 2021)

Dave Leduc photo

“Once you reunite with your compassion and choose the vegan way of life, it’s almost impossible to go back.”

Dave Leduc (1991) Canadian Lethwei fighter (born 1991)

On veganism
Source: https://plantbasednews.org/culture/sport/world-champion-lethwei-fighter-dave-leduc-says-being-vegan-is-a-philosophy-not-a-diet
2nd February, 2021