"The violent subjugation of the Palestinians, Iraqis, and……" — Chris Hedges
"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 we speak to them—violence."
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66 Quotes by Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges has 66 quotes on this site.
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Violence is a disease, a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause.
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War in the end is always about betrayal, betrayal of the young by the old, of soldiers by politicians, and…
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In war, we always deform ourselves, our essence.
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The failure to dissect the cause of war leaves us open for the next installment.
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We've bought into the idea that education is about training and "success," defined monetarily, rather than learning to think critically…
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No real journalist makes $5 million a year... Those in power fear and dislike real journalists.
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The notion that the press was used in the [first Iraq] war is incorrect. The press wanted to be used.…
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The press, or at least most of it, has lost the passion, the outrage, and the sense of mission that…
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War, we have come to believe, is a spectator sport. The military and the press have turned war into a…
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The arts often realize human truths well before other branches of human endeavor.
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There are always people willing to commit unspeakable human atrocity in exchange for a little power and privilege.
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We have to grasp, as Marx and Adam Smith did, that corporations are not concerned with the common good. They…
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More Afghans Quotes
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Look at the Afghans, during the time of the Soviet invasion. They were among the poorest Muslims in the world,…
— Abu Bakar Bashir
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Because of you, in Afghanistan we've broken the momentum of the Taliban. Because of you, we've begun a transition to…
— Barack Obama
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The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower.
— Abu Bakar Bashir
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Do we really think that the United States will have the protection of innocent Afghans in mind if it rains…
— George Lakoff
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This is so like the way the Americans deliberately erroneously refer to Afghans and Iraqis as terrorists when they fight…
— Bob Barker
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Luckily ... there were Zulus and Afghans, also the Dervishes in the Soudan. Some of these might, if they were…
— Winston Churchill
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We have not ceased to insist that an Islam of tolerance is advantageous to all Muslims, for the Afghans and…
— Ahmad Shah Massoud
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God must have loved Afghans because he made them so beautiful.
— Alexander the Great
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There is a firm, clear commitment to provide resources and ideas to enable us to organize the Afghans towards starting…
— Lakhdar Brahimi
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May God keep you away from the venom of the cobra, the teeth of the tiger, and the revenge of…
— Alexander the Great
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A sea-green sky: lamps blossoming white. This is marginal land: fields of strung wire, of treadless tyres in ditches, fridges…
— Hilary Mantel
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Afghans think the burqa is a permanent part of culture. But, if you bring it to Europe, how would people…
— Malina Suliman
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