"Yes, the brutalities of progress are called revolutions" — Victor Hugo

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• Ours is an age in which thousands are driven daily from their homelands by the unforgiving brutalities of war, terrorism,… — Aberjhani
• At the center of our being is a point of nothingness which is untouched by illusion, a point of pure… — Thomas Merton
• War is the spectacular and bloody projection of our everyday living. We precipitate war out of our daily lives; and… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
• Terrorism is a word with little content - it is a label for brutalities committed by ‘the enemy’, and from… — David Livingstone
• In the past 30 years, officials of the Iranian regime and its apologists have labeled criticism, especially with regard to… — Azar Nafisi
• Further, democratic negotiators, or foreign negotiation specialists accepted to assist in the negotiations, may in a single stroke provide the… — Gene Sharp
• Social systems proceed by (usually) covering up the brutalities upon which they are based. The doctor doesn't let you get… — Tyler Cowen
• The world is shocked, or amused, by the sight of saintly old people hindering in the name of morality the… — Alfred North Whitehead
• The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been… — Victor Hugo
• The brutalities of a fight with bare hands, the crushed nasal bones, maimed lips, and other disfigurements, which call for… — John Boyle O'Reilly
• The greatest horrors of our world, from the executions in Iran to the brutalities of the IRA, are committed by… — John Mortimer

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