Wednesday, 7 May 2025

Quotations

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'Stripping away all the accretions of “defending liberalism” or “promoting democracy” with which American politicians are accustomed to shroud their defence of empire, Colby breaks down the raw facts of power to their essentials."
I like this sentence from a review by Aris Roussinos of a book about Taiwan from November 2021. It applies to Ukraine (and even Israel) too. For America extending or defending democracy means extending or defending their empire . This is not a polemical point. It is simply a fact. He's in town at the moment and I look forward to his analysis.

"Rejoice! The purpose of life is joy. Rejoice at the sky, the sun, the stars, the grass, the trees, animals, people. If this joy is disturbed it means that you’ve made a mistake somewhere. Find your mistake and correct it. Most often this joy is disturbed by money and ambition." Leo Tolstoy


"The Democrats don't matter. The real opposition is the media. And the way to deal with them is to flood the zone." Steve Bannon told Michael Lewis this in 2018.

"If I were being born today, I would just keep negotiating in the womb until they said, ‘You could be in the United States.'” Warren Buffett

“There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.” Niccolo Machiavelli

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