Western Quotes

1229 Western quotes by 890 unique authors

Western people often see obscenity where there is only symbolism. — Sir John Woodroffe
Theology is in disrepute among most Western intellectuals. The word is taken to mean a passe form of religious thinking that embraces irrationality and dogmatism.… — Rodney Stark
When blacks are left entirely to their own devices, Western civilization—any kind of civilization—disappears. — Jared Taylor
Softly the evening came. The sun from the western horizon Like a magician extended his golden want o'er the landscape; Trinkling vapors arose; and sky… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Development of Western science is based on two great achievements: the invention of the formal logical system (in Euclidean geometry) by the Greek philosophers, and… — Albert Einstein
Wade Dooley: With a handle like that he sounds more like a western sheriff than the Lancashire bobby that he is. — Unknown Author
On his multi-player injury substitutions against Western Samoa-It was like the Falklands crisis. I was counting them in and counting them out. — Unknown Author
Where mass opinion dominates the government, there is a morbid derangement of the true functions of power. The derangement brings about the enfeeblement, verging on… — Walter Lippmann
Any time the Western way of war can be unleashed on an enemy stupid enough to enter its arena, victory is assured. — Victor Davis Hanson
There can only be one answer to this hideous act of jihad against the staff of Charlie Hebdo. It is the obligation of the Western… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
What does it mean with regard to tactics, this fact that the proletariat of Western Europe stands all alone: that it has no prospect of… — Herman Gorter
Such as it is, the press has become the greatest power within the Western World, more powerful than the legislature, the executive and judiciary. One… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The world will be changed by western women. — Dalai Lama
God was pitched out of forced schooling on his ear after WWII. This wasn't because of any constitutional proscription-there was none that anyone had been… — John Taylor Gatto
In the homes of many Western Christians, hours are sometimes spent listening to worldly music. In our homes loud music can also be heard, but… — Richard Wurmbrand
The writer in western civilization has become not a voice of his tribe, but of his individuality. This is a very narrow-minded situation. — Aharon Appelfeld
Whether you call the principle of existence "God," "matter," "energy," or anything else you like, you have created nothing; you have merely changed a symbol.… — Carl Jung
In Western Australia they don't even know how to make that vital piece of sailboating equipment, the gin and tonic. — P.J. O'Rourke
It was man who ended the Cold War in case you didn't notice. It wasn't weaponry, or technology, or armies or campaigns. It was just… — John le Carre
This Government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet Military buildup on the island of Cuba. Within the past week, unmistakable evidence… — John F. Kennedy
Like apples in a barrel infected by one rotten one, the corruption of Greece would infect Iran and all to the east. It would also… — Dean Acheson
We don't propose to sit here in our rocking chair with our hands folded and let the Communists set up any government in the Western… — Lyndon B. Johnson
The People's Republic of China has not yet reached the military might of the Soviet Empire. It requires a little more time and a little… — Barbara Amiel
The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice. — Omar Bongo
The promise of Western capitalism of ever rising rates of pay has turned out to be the cheque that bounced — Jeremy Paxman

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