"The big bankers of the world, who practise……" — Eduardo Galeano
"The big bankers of the world, who practise the terrorism of money, are more powerful than kings and field marshals, even more than the Pope of Rome himself. They never dirty their hands. They kill no-one: they limit themselves to applauding the show."
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Eduardo Galeano
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89 Quotes by Eduardo Galeano
Eduardo Galeano has 89 quotes on this site.
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In his life, a man can change wives, political parties or religions but he cannot change his favourite soccer team.
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Nothing can be defined or derided on the basis of its origin. The important thing is what is done with…
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From the point of view of the economy, the sale of weapons is indistinguishable from the sale of food. When…
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In the struggle of good against evil, it's always the people who get killed.
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It is highly improbable that the bureaucrat will put his life on the line. It is absolutely impossible that he'll…
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The tree of life knows that, whatever happens, the warm music spinning around it will never stop. However much death…
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The more freedom is extended to business, the more prisons have to be built for those who suffer from that…
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We live in a world that treats the dead better than the living. We, the living are askers of questions…
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Our effectiveness depends on our capacity to be audacious and astute, clear and appealing. I would hope that we can…
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To narrate is to give oneself: it seems obvious that literature, as an effort to communicate fully, will continue to…
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The wages Haiti requires by law belong in the department of science fiction: actual wages on coffee plantations vary from…
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A pretty move, for the love of God.
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More Applauding Quotes
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When you are praising, when you are appreciating, when you are acknowledging value, when you are looking for positive aspects,…
— Esther Hicks
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I appeal to the contemptible speech made lately by Sir Robert Peel to an applauding House of Commons. 'Orders of…
— John Joseph Griffin
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Australians are not given to applauding tragedy unless it is at a distance like Gallipoli or Cooper's Creek, and they…
— Geoffrey Dutton
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As George Costanza would say, when they're applauding, stop.
— Jason Alexander
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If you can get them once, man, get them standing up when they should be sitting down, sweaty when they…
— Janis Joplin
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We should be long past applauding politicians of any hue: they got us into this mess. The best deserve a…
— Gerald Warner
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Instead of applauding sex addict pastors, we need to tell them to either preach the Gospel with their lives or…
— Eric Ludy
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In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency;…
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
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There's nothing like the # buzz of live # theater . You put it out there and receive an instant…
— Samantha Barks
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If somebody writes a great poem, people don't run around applauding the pencil, saying 'Oh, what a great pencil'...I'm a…
— Keith Green
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The moment when you take your first step through the gates of hell, the only thing you will hear is…
— Paul Washer
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Please join me in applauding the ESA - European Space Agency’s historic efforts with the Rosetta Mission and landing a…
— Stephen Hawking
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