#ira

Sanctions make a substantial contribution to power based on privation, and they have never hurt a single despot in the whole history of their use. ↗

— Roger Scruton

#international-sanctions #iraq #iraq-sanctions #kim-jong-il #north-korea

Trying to teach creativity is the major hoax of our time along with the Iraq war and plastic surgery" ~ Snarky comment of Clive from "The River Swimmer" (pg 47) ↗

— Jim Harrison

#iraq

I think you can be an enemy of Saddam Hussein even if Donald Rumsfeld is also an enemy of Saddam Hussein. ↗

— Adam Michnik

#iraq #iraq-war #saddam-hussein #war #iraq

All those who prefer peace to power, and happiness to glory should thank the colonized people for their civilizing mission. By liberating themselves, they made Europeans more modest, less racist, and more human. Let us hope that the process continues and that the Americans are obliged to follow the same course. When one’s own cause is unjust, defeat can be liberating. ↗

— Jean Bricmont

#foreign-policy #france #human-rights #iraq #kosovo-wa

One of the things that we don't want to do is to destroy the infrastructure of Iraq, because in a few days we're going to own that country. ↗

— Tom Brokaw

#infrastructure #iraq #oil #iraq

عندما تعود إلى الوطن وتشتاقُ إلى رفاقِ الصبا, فلا تبحث عنهم في الأزقة الحامضة ولا في حانات الذنوب, بل تتبع آثارهم في خارطة المنافي المعلّقة على طاولة القيامة ↗

— عبدالرزاق الربيعي

#iraq

HASTA LA VICTORIA SIEMPRE ↗

— Ernesto Guevara

#global #inspirational #revolution #revolution

Society is one vast conspiracy for carving one into the kind of statue likes, and then placing it in the most convenient niche it has. ↗

— Randolph Bourne

#carving #conspiracy #convenient #into #kind

My inspiration was my mom. She's a great cook, and she still cooks, and we still banter back and forth about cooking. Growing up in a mostly Portuguese community, food was important and the family table was extremely important. At a very young age I understood that. ↗

— Emeril Lagasse

#age #back #community #cook #cooking

If some people have the belief or view that the Dalai Lama has some miracle power, that's totally nonsense. ↗

— Dalai Lama

#dalai #dalai lama #lama #miracle #nonsense