Showing posts with label quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quotes. Show all posts

November 10, 2023

Quote of the day

 


"It is currently unknown when the war in #Ukraine will end, but if we compare it to a 100-meter race, our Armed Forces have already covered 70 meters," 

  -  Andriy #Yermakhead of Ukraine’s Presidential Office

October 29, 2023

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,

 


“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”

    - Charles Dickens

Citação deste dia

 

@Francois_Cherix

Qui pouvait imaginer pareille folie? Des gauchistes admirant une religion rétrograde, des féministes défendant le voilement des femmes, des citoyens libres soutenant des terroristes! Quand le délire fissure la démocratie, il devient vital de faire bloc autour des institutions.

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Quem poderia imaginar tal loucura? Esquerdistas a admirar uma religião retrógrada, feministas a defender o véu islâmico das mulheres, cidadãos livres a apoiar terroristas! Quando o delírio faz estalar a democracia, torna-se vital unirmo-nos em torno das instituições.

October 28, 2023

Words

 


"All our words are but crumbs that fall down from the feast of the mind. "

Khalil Gibran




October 27, 2023

"War is easy to start, but very hard to end"



Omne bellum sumi facile, ceterum aegerrume desinere 

-Sallust, 'The War With Jugurtha'



October 25, 2023

Quote of the day




 Investing in Ukraine means investing in a future member of the European Union, 

   — Olaf Scholz, Chancellor of Germany.

October 22, 2023

If we opened people

 




Citação deste dia

 


"O existencialista não pode aceitar que o homem possa ser ajudado por qualquer sinal na Terra, pois ele escolherá como interpretará o sinal."

- Jean-Paul Sartre, O Existencialismo é um Humanismo

Citação deste dia

 




October 19, 2023

Quote of the day


 

@POTUS mensagem para #Israel: "Tenham cautela, embora sintam esta raiva, não se deixem consumir por ela. Depois do 11 de setembro, ficámos furiosos nos EUA e embora tenhamos procurado justiça, também cometemos erros...

October 18, 2023

Citação deste dia - Raymond Aron - passaram ontem 40 anos da sua morte

 



« Une élite, qui prétend édifier une société parfaite, incline d’autant plus à la brutalité qu’elle s’imagine viser une fin plus sublime. Du messianisme à la violence, de la violence à la tyrannie, la leçon n’a pas le mérite d’être neuve, et l’on n’ose même pas espérer qu’elle soit jamais retenue. 

   - Préface du livre de Branko Lazitch, "Lénine et la IIIe Internationale".

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"Uma elite que pretende construir uma sociedade perfeita está tanto mais inclinada para a brutalidade quanto mais imagina estar a visar um fim mais sublime. Do messianismo à violência, da violência à tirania, a lição não é nova e não nos atrevemos a esperar que alguma vez seja retida. 

    Prefácio ao livro de Branko Lazitch, "Lenine e a Terceira Internacional".

October 15, 2023

Quote of the day




“We must never fall back into complacency or presume that totalitarianism is forever dead or retreat in the face of aggression. We must learn from history, not repeat it. And we must never forget that the destinies of Europe and North America are inseparable.” 

     Madeleine Albright

October 14, 2023

Quote of the day - Hubert Reeves (1932-2023)

 


We must nevertheless present all possible interpretations for each observation, so that competing theories can be formulated and defended. In science, as elsewhere, intellectual inertia, the fashions of the moment, the weight of institutions, and authoritarianism are always to be feared. Heresies play an essential role by keeping our minds argumentative and alert.

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Devemos apresentar todas as interpretações possíveis para cada observação, de modo a que as teorias concorrentes possam ser formuladas e defendidas. Na ciência, como noutras áreas, a inércia intelectual, as modas do momento, o peso das instituições e o autoritarismo são sempre de temer. As heresias desempenham um papel essencial, mantendo as nossas mentes argumentativas e alerta.

October 11, 2023

Frase do dia

 



Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський

What are Russia's strengths? Only the fact that they can destroy lives. Russia is not capable of doing anything else. Is Russia a security donor? No. A supporter of development? No. A political pole? No. A source of economic growth? No. A terrorist? Yes. That is the only thing!

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Quais são os pontos fortes da Rússia? Apenas o facto de poderem destruir vidas. A Rússia não é capaz de fazer mais nada. A Rússia é um dador de segurança? Não. Um apoiante do desenvolvimento? Não. Um projecto político? Não. Uma fonte de crescimento económico? Não. Um terrorista? Sim. É a única coisa!

October 04, 2023

Quote of the day




@OTregub

Russians are ready to die for war of conquest but not ready to die for democracy. In Ukraine people are ready to die for democracy.

October 03, 2023

Quote of the day




- Morgenthau: What are you? Are you a conservative? Are you a liberal? 

- Arendt: I don’t know. I really don’t know and I’ve never known...& I must say I couldn’t care less. I don’t think that the real questions of this century will get any kind of illumination by this kind of thing.

amor-mundi/hans-morgenthau-and-hannah-arendt



October 01, 2023

Quote of the day




Your country is your child, not your mother


Stiazhkina 
(historian and award-winning Ukrainian writer and journalist)

September 29, 2023

Quote of the day

 


"Those who choose the lesser evil forget very quickly that they chose evil." 

       — Hannah Arendt