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Us Quotes by Chris Hedges
- The failure to dissect the cause of war leaves us open for the next installment.
- The violent subjugation of the Palestinians, Iraqis, and Afghans will only ensure that those who oppose us will increasingly speak to us in the language…
- The greatest danger that besets us does not come from believers or atheists; it comes from those who, under the guise of religion, science or…
- The corporations that profit from permanent war need us to be afraid. Fear stops us from objecting to government spending on a bloated military. Fear…
- In the beginning war looks and feels like love. But unlike love it gives nothing in return but an ever-deepening dependence, like all narcotics, on…
- The enduring attraction of war is this: Even with its destruction and carnage it can give us what we long for in life. It can…
- As long as we think abstractly, as long as we find in patriotism and the exuberance of War our fulfillment, we will never understand those…
- There was in the House only one dissenting vote, from Barbara J. Lee, a Democrat from California, who warned that military action could not guarantee…
- This too is a jihad. Yet we Americans find ourselves in the dangerous position of going to war not against a state but against a…
- Many of us, restless and unfulfilled, see no supreme worth in our lives. We want more out of life. And war, at least, gives a…
- Ironically, the universities have trained hundreds of thousands of graduates for jobs that soon will not exist. They have trained people to maintain a structure…
- To emotionally accept impending disaster, to attain the gut-level understanding that the power elite will not respond rationally to the devastation of the ecosystem, is…
- It is better to be an outcast, a stranger in one’s own country, than an outcast from one’s self. It is better to see what…
- The sad reality is that all the well-meaning groups and individuals who challenge our permanent war economy and the doctrine of preemptive war, who care…
- Battling evil, cruelty, and injustice allows us to retain our identity, a sense of meaning, and ultimately our freedom.
More Us Quotes
- Sometimes I think that life would be how much easier if we don't have heart. Because it is the heart which puts… — Anurag Prakash Ray
- When I immersed myself in prayer and united myself with all the Masses that were being celebrated all over the world at… — Mary Faustina Kowalska
- Life may burn us, it's how we rise out of the ashes that define our character. — Nishan Panwar
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- It is the people closest to us, that are capable of hurting us most. — Nishan Panwar
- Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause of the… — Mahmoud Abbas
- Creation is not a property, which we can rule over at will; or, even less, is the property of only a few:… — Pope Francis
- Lao Tsu uses the anology of the tree. The old hard tree breaks and falls when the wind blows. The young tree… — Frederick Lenz