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Igor Girkin photo

“29 days of the special operation have passed. No strategic success has been achieved in any direction.”

Igor Girkin (1970) Russian citizen from Moscow who played a significant role in the War in Donbass

About the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Igor Girkin photo

“The enemy is quite successful in mobilizing and launching a counter-offensive.”

Igor Girkin (1970) Russian citizen from Moscow who played a significant role in the War in Donbass

About the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Igor Girkin photo

“Thus, it will be necessary to try and defeat the enemy in field battles. And, excuse me, with whom, and with what?! If so far not even the partial mobilisation has been carried out?! No one is giving clear answers to these questions. Simply because there aren't any.”

Igor Girkin (1970) Russian citizen from Moscow who played a significant role in the War in Donbass

"'It's meaningless to hope for victory': Top Russian ex-spy turned influencer warns Putin's offensive in Eastern Ukraine is going 'very bad', troops will suffer 'huge losses' while their leadership leaves 'much to be desired'" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10836379/Ukraine-war-Ex-Russian-commander-says-meaningless-hope-victory-Donbas.html, Daily Mail, 20 May 2022
About the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine

Sergey Lavrov photo

“I didn’t invite anyone to pose for a photo together with me.”

Sergey Lavrov (1950) Russian politician and Foreign Minister

Said after several G20 representatives refused to join a group photo session together with Lavrov, quoted in "Vladimir Putin lackey Sergey Lavrov storms out of G20 after photo snub" https://nypost.com/2022/07/08/russian-minister-sergey-lavrov-leaves-g20-after-photo-snub/, New York Post, 8 July 2022
About the Russian invasion of Ukraine 2022

Antony Blinken photo

“Media freedom plays an indispensable role in informing the public, holding governments accountable, and telling stories that otherwise would not be told. The U.S. will continue to stand up for the brave and necessary work of journalists around the world.”

Antony Blinken (1962) American government official and 71th U.S. Secretary of State

Quoted in British Court Trusts US to Protect Assange Even Though CIA Plotted to Kill Him https://truthout.org/articles/british-court-trusts-us-to-protect-assange-even-though-cia-plotted-to-kill-him/, Marjorie Cohn, Truthout (15 December 2021)

Elizabeth Blackwell photo

“For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women.”

Elizabeth Blackwell (1821–1910) England-born American physician, abolitionist, women's rights activist

Quoted in: Kabir, Hajara Muhammad (2010). Northern women development. [Nigeria]. ISBN 978-978-906-469-4. OCLC 890820657.
Medicine and Morality (1881)

James Thurber photo

“Women are wiser than men, because they know less and understand more.”

James Thurber (1894–1961) American cartoonist, author, journalist, playwright

Quoted in: Kabir, Hajara Muhammad (2010). Northern women development. [Nigeria]. ISBN 978-978-906-469-4. OCLC 890820657.
https://allauthor.com/quotes/42366/
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Abigail Adams photo

“Men of sense in all ages abhor those customs, which treat us only as the vessels of your sex.”

Abigail Adams (1744–1818) 2nd First Lady of the United States (1797–1801)

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

Abigail Adams photo

“Do not put such unlimited powers in the hands of the husband, Remember all men would be tyrants if they could.”

Abigail Adams (1744–1818) 2nd First Lady of the United States (1797–1801)

Cited in: Kabir, Hajara Muhammad (2010). Northern women development. [Nigeria]. ISBN 978-978-906-469-4. OCLC 890820657.
https://historicipswich.org/2022/01/18/abigail-adams-to-john-adams-all-men-would-be-tyrants-if-they-could/

Roseanne Barr photo

“The thing women have yet to learn is nobody gives you power, You just take it.”

Roseanne Barr (1952) American actress, comedienne, writer, producer and director

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/26434-the-thing-women-have-yet-to-learn-is-nobody-gives
cited in; Kabir, Hajara Muhammad (2010). Northern women development. [Nigeria]. ISBN 978-978-906-469-4. OCLC 890820657.

Charles Mackay photo
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“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