Peacebuilding Quote by Maziar Bahari Download Open image ““I detested revolutions; I believed, instead, in reconciliation and reform.”” — Maziar Bahari ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Peacebuilding Revolution
“For me, the Revolution sought to end mistreatment, not to democratize it.” — Gioconda Belli Copy Share Image
“Parties do not lead revolutions. They follow them. And then only when forced to.” — Joe Bageant Copy Share Image
“There are two lines here: one holds a course for victory of revolution…the other doesn’t believe in revolution and counts merely on staying as… — Simon Sebag Montefiore Copy Share Image
“I would confirm every act of participation and non-participation, of aggression or passivity, with which or without which the revolution took place.” — Georgi Tenev Copy Share Image
“Violent overthrow of the revolution is revolutionary, and compromise with the revolution is revolutionary.” — Douglas Wilson Copy Share Image
“And is it not sects, bodies of definite, uncompromising principles, that lead us into revolutions?” — Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Copy Share Image
“Revolution is simple. It's like a breath; out with the old, and in with the new.” — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
“They became actual revolutions instead of mere discussions, complaints and rioting, only after revolutionists had beaten, or won over, the armed forces of the… — Crane Brinton Copy Share Image
“Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over, this is recognized: that the human race has been harshly treated, but… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“Talking to a prisoner under duress can be the most shameful thing a journalist will ever do. I stared at him, willing him to… — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“When I saw my backside, I gasped. “I have no ass!” I said aloud. “They have left me no ass!” — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“After, presumably, Rosewater found out that Chekhov was not Jewish, he did not bother with any more questions about people with surnames ending with… — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“Tsk, tsk, tsk, Maziar,” he said sarcastically. “Don’t play games with me, or you will make me angry again. Don’t tell me that you… — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“Jafaa. In Persian, this very poetic word refers to all the wrongs you do to those who love you.” — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“Seventy-four suspended lashes for having tea with your friend!” she said, with as much hatred as I’d ever heard in her voice. “What do… — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“Do you think we’re like you Americans in Abu Ghraib and Guantánamo who torture people by keeping them thirsty? We have something called ra’fateh… — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“We were all caught in that uncomfortable zone between trying to save our lives and betraying ourselves.” — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“You need to have your lunch before going out to report on this ashghal,” she said, referring to Ahmadinejad. Ashghal, the Persian word for… — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“The next day, Sunday, June 14, Ahmadinejad held a press conference in the office of the president, on Pasteur Street in south Tehran. In… — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“No one believes in the koseh she’r”—the bullshit—“that you’re going to say.” — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“In arranged marriages in Iran, it is customary that after the family of the boy asks the family of the girl for her hand,… — Maziar Bahari Copy Share Image
“There is no time for patience - there is no time for diplomacy - there is no time for policies, legislations and meaningless paperwork.… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations. . . is that in political, military, moral, and… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
In archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the known. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nonviolence will empower and equip us to bring generations to the table and fuse our knowledge, gifts, and zeal together. — Bernice King Copy Share Image
Too many people think that reconciliation means you soft-pedal differences. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
We must always refill and ensure there is a critical mass of leaders and activists committed to nonviolence and racial and economic justice who… — Marian Wright Edelman Copy Share Image
The most successful cultural diplomacy strategy integrates people-to-people or arts/culture/media-to-people interactions into the basic business of diplomacy. The programs in Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iran… — Cynthia P. Schneider Copy Share Image
War is always a failure. It means we've failed in diplomacy and we've failed in talking to one another. — Martin Firrell Copy Share Image
The mission of Christian humility in social life is not merely to edify, but to keep minds open to many alternatives. The rigidity of… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“Gandhi is best remembered for his adherence to the principle of nonviolence; but no less important was his adherence to non-demonization. Even when he… — Walter Truett Anderson Copy Share Image
