Quote by David H. Finnie Download Open image ““The English are rapidly expanding their conquests in Afghanistan [ca. 1840]”” — David H. Finnie ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“If we want to understand the people in the foothills of Afghanistan, we may need to try and understand the people in the foothills… — James Rebanks Copy Share Image
“the gains of women in Afghanistan once again directly contributed to war, as their fate was mixed into the powder keg of tension between… — Jenny Nordberg Copy Share Image
“We were not told how Alexander the Great was the last person in history to successfully 'pacify' what would become Afghanistan, over 2,000 years ago.” — Jake Wood Copy Share Image
For many people in the west, Afghanistan is synonymous with the Soviet war and the Taliban. I wanted to remind people that Afghans had… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“We Pashtuns are split between Pakistan and Afghanistan and don’t really recognize the border that the British drew more than 100 years ago.” — Malala Yousafzai Copy Share Image
The Afghans are probably the world champions in resisting foreign domination and infiltration into their country. — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
To give you an idea how slowly we are leaving Afghanistan, Afghans don't refer to us anymore as 'infidel crusaders.' They refer to us… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
“the primary focus in Afghanistan was to “win the hearts and minds,” the Vaughns were enraged. The idea that the sensitivities and feelings of… — Billy Vaughn Copy Share Image
“The Afghan sky, under which the most beautiful idylls on earth were woven, grew suddenly dark with armored predators; its azure limpidity was streaked… — Yasmina Khadra Copy Share Image
As a filmmaker coming from one of the youngest lands in the world, New Zealand - safe, green and democratic - I was intrigued… — Pietra Brettkelly Copy Share Image
“Americans were known for a zealous and often immoderate attachment to the United States and all it represented.” — David H. Finnie Copy Share Image
“Calvinism and Islam had this much in common: neither was just a religion; both were social systems.” — David H. Finnie Copy Share Image
“Today we are apt to think of the Middle East, however defined, as something of a geographical unit. During the first half of the… — David H. Finnie Copy Share Image
“The Middle East was not a wilderness, and the people there were not savages: if anything they were over civilized. Too many American newcomers… — David H. Finnie Copy Share Image
“For eighteen centuries avid and pious Christians of divergent sects had overlaid the simplicity of Biblical scenes with tawdry symbolism, rude commercialism, and pious… — David H. Finnie Copy Share Image
“Calvinism and Islam had this much in common: neither was just a religilon, both were social systems.” — David H. Finnie Copy Share Image
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