Displaced Quotes

76 quotes by 71 authors

Never in our country's history have we witnessed a natural disaster that has impacted so many people in such a wide area. In fact, as… — Jo Bonner
For humanity has moved forward to an era when wrong and slavery are being displaced, and reason and justice are being recognized as the rule… — Mary Livermore
Pain or not, I would most likely walk around in a suicidal reverie the rest of my life, never actually doing anything about it. Was… — Elizabeth Wurtzel
We entered a synagogue which was packed with the greatest stinking bunch of humanity I have ever seen. Either these Displaced Persons never had any… — George S. Patton
The way people are being displaced, who can stop the arrival of Maoism? — V. P. Singh
Fourth, we will continue providing humanitarian assistance to innocent civilians who have been displaced by this terrorist organization. This includes Sunni and Shia Muslims who… — Barack Obama
The number of people displaced by dams is estimated at between 40 million and 80 million, most of them in China and India. The costs… — Paul Brown
We must continue to have voting rights in the state, not to politicize this, but they must have a voice in the rebuilding effort in… — Marc Morial
All nationalisms are at heart deeply concerned with names: with the most immaterial and original human invention. Those who dismiss names as a detail have… — John Berger
One cannot too soon forget his errors and misdemeanors for to dwell long upon them is to add to the offense, and repentance and sorrow… — Henry David Thoreau
What I observed in western Azerbaijan, among the small portion of the nearly one million Azerbaijanis who were displaced by the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh two… — Ed Kashi
Today, local economies are being destroyed by the pluralistic, displaced, global economy, which has no respect for what works in a locality. The global economy… — Wendell Berry
Greek customs such as wine drinking were regarded as worthy of imitation by other cultures. So the ships that carried Greek wine were carrying Greek… — Tom Standage
The Arabs understandably did everything they could to protect their monopoly. Coffee beans were treated before being shipped to ensure they were sterile and could… — Tom Standage
If we live with possibilities we are exiles from the present which is given us by God to be our own, homeless and displaced in… — Thomas Merton
How unhappy are you that your dishwasher has replaced washing dishes by hand, your washing machine has displaced washing clothes by hand or your vacuum… — Hal Varian
In a world where concepts are so often deployed in an ad hoc fashion, half explored before being displaced by others, it is immensely refreshing… — Marilyn Strathern
The international community has to overcome its differences and find solutions to the conflicts of today in South Sudan, Syria, Central African Republic and elsewhere.… — Antonio Guterres
I believe the accepted model of capitalism that demands endless growth deserves the blame for the destruction of nature, and it should be displaced. Failing… — Yvon Chouinard
UN peacekeeping operations are now increasingly complex and multi-dimensional, going beyond monitoring a ceasefire to actually bringing failed States back to life, often after decades… — Kofi Annan

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