"I am for peace. And I am for……" — Edward Said
"I am for peace. And I am for a negotiated peace. But this accord is not a just peace."
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39 Quotes by Edward Said
Edward Said has 39 quotes on this site.
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Since the 1960s, we have seen the failure of the melting pot ideology. This ideology suggested that different historical, cultural…
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Power, after all, is not just military strength. It is the social power that comes from democracy, the cultural power…
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I have never known what is Arabic or English, or which one was really mine beyond any doubt. What I…
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Theory is taught so as to make the student believe that he or she can become a Marxist, a feminist,…
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Ideas, cultures, and histories cannot seriously be understood or studied without their force, or more precisely their configurations of power,…
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Since the time of Homer every European, in what he could say about the Orient, was a racist, an imperialist,…
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Density, complexity, and historical-semantic value that is so strong as to make politics possible... Gramsci's insight is to have recognised…
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The history of other cultures is non-existent until it erupts in confrontation with the United States.
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Orientalism can be discussed and analyzed as the corporate institution for dealing with the Orient—dealing with it by making statements…
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Uninformed and yet open to appeals for justice as they are, Americans are capable of reacting as they did to…
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Beginning is not only a kind of action. It is also a frame of mind, a kind of work, an…
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Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not…
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More Accord Quotes
This quote is filed under Accord Quotes,
one of 295 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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If I decide to be an idiot, then I'll be an idiot on my own accord.
— Johann Sebastian Bach
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Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner…
— John Cage
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When we look back, the only things we cherish are those which in some way met our original want; the…
— Willa Cather
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We do not draw conclusions with our eyes, but with our reasoning powers, and if the whole of the rest…
— August Weismann
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All of our holy fathers knew this and all with one accord teach that perfection in holiness can be achieved…
— John Cassian
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Notice carefully every word here. It is not our prayer which draws Jesus into our hearts. Nor is it our…
— Ole Hallesby
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From the day of Pentecost until the present time, it has been necessary to be of one accord in prayer…
— John Mott
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I trust there are none here present, who profess to be followers of Christ who do not also practice prayer…
— Charles Spurgeon
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This country can have no more democracy than it accords and guarantees to the humblest and weakest citizen.
— James Weldon Johnson
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Whoever is the first in the field and awaits the coming of the enemy will be fresh for the fight...…
— Sun Tzu
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Nevertheless, he must be cautious in believing and acting, and must not inspire fear of his own accord, and must…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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