#dame

Basically, fundamentalism is a modern phenomenon. In the same way that Hitler evoked a mythological religion of German purity and the glory of the past, the Islamists use religion to evoke emotions and passions in people who have been oppressed for a long time in order to reach their purpose. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#been #emotions #evoke #fundamentalism #german

The stories from Iran's present and past are reminders that freedom, democracy and human rights, or fundamentalism, fascism and terrorism are not geographically and culturally determined, but universal. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#democracy #determined #fascism #freedom #fundamentalism

Fundamentally, I believe that the U.S. can improve its international standing and its national security by expanding trade and strengthening its relationships with moderate Muslim countries. ↗

— Richard Neal

#countries #expanding #fundamentally #i #i believe

The 'interactive fiction' format hasn't changed in any fundamental way since the early 1970s, in the same way that the format of the novel hasn't since 1700. ↗

— Graham Nelson

#changed #early #fiction #format #fundamental

There is a fundamental situation in which the country has reached rock bottom, that a mother can't send her children out of the house in the morning. The country has reached rock bottom and this needs to be changed. ↗

— Benjamin Netanyahu

#changed #children #country #fundamental #her

From the age of fifteen, dogma has been the fundamental principle of my religion: I know no other religion; I cannot enter into the idea of any other sort of religion; religion, as a mere sentiment, is to me a dream and a mockery. ↗

— John Henry Newman

#any #been #cannot #dogma #dream

If your basic premise about the fundamental purpose of our government is that it must provide for the common defense, then no other position is possible. ↗

— Don Nickles

#basic #common #defense #fundamental #fundamental purpose

There is a Western world. There is America. There is Great Britain and Germany and France and Russia and China and other nations. I doubt that there is one country amongst those I mentioned which has a desire to see Iran, with its fundamentalist, Islamic, extremist government, possessing nuclear weapons. ↗

— Ehud Olmert

#amongst #britain #china #country #desire

The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly held that marriage is one of the most fundamental rights that we have as Americans under our Constitution. ↗

— Ted Olson

#court #fundamental #fundamental rights #held #marriage

The biggest thing we get out of it is seeing the kids smile. And hopefully we will also see that the lessons we're teaching - not only the fundamentals of hockey, but also the life values - are sinking in. ↗

— Bobby Orr

#biggest #biggest thing #fundamentals #get #hockey