Quote 15 – Ed Sanders – Kill for peace
‘Kill for Peace’
The irony of the statement is self-explanatory!
Kurt Vonnegutt Jnr – Armageddon n Retrospect – a quote of brilliance.
I do love Kurt Vonnegutt Jnr – I adore his perceptiveness, light touch and humour.
I am reading Armageddon in Retrospect for the third time. I thought I’d share an extract from the intro by his son Mark on his father:
‘He couldn’t help thinking that all the money we were spending blowing up things and killing people so far away, making people the world over hate and fear us, would have been better spent on public education and libraries. It’s hard to imagine that history won’t prove him right, if it hasn’t already.’
Quote 13 – Martin Niemöller – First they came……….
| ‘First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist.Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me’. It makes you wonder who these people are who come ion the night in Nigeria, Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Germany, Argentina, Chile, Yemen, Iran, Saudi Arabia…………….. What makes a man a fascist?
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Quote number 3 – Nick Harper – The Magnificent G7
Nick is a great humanitarian and all-round nice guy. His intelligence soars through all his work and raises his genius in songwriting to pertinence.
This quote in the lyric/poem from The Magnificent G7.
The world is run by a group of seven powerful countries. They are represented by seven men. They have the power to end poverty, create peace, stop environmental degradation, end overpopulation and make the world a better place for all human beings and creatures.
Instead they wrangle over self-interest and greed.
Meanwhile the poor starve and the wild-life is slaughtered.
‘Poor men can hope but there’s not much time You have the power to banish the poverty
Holding their fate You’re living in a movie But you are only seven men Really only seven men You are only seven men they are nations
Break them some bread for their children Who are their dreams who are their future
Holding their fate You’re living in a movie But you are only seven men Really only seven men You are only seven men they are nations
Mountains of money Mountains of grain Mountains between you Mountains of shame
Holding their fate You’re living in a movie But you are only seven men Really only seven men You are only seven men they are nations’
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Oscar Wilde – a quote that I like.
