#war

John Brown first swam into my vision in the 1960s when I was a political activist in the civil rights movement and the anti-war movement at Chapel Hill, where I went to university. ↗

— Russell Banks

#anti-war #brown #chapel #chapel hill #civil

The true believer is rewarded in every thing, even in affliction. ↗

— Abu Bakr

#believer #even #every #rewarded #thing

People so far have been very fond of the Robert Altman movie, as I am, and when one things goes well it shines light on your other projects and now I seem to have a number of projects that are moving forward. ↗

— Bob Balaban

#am #been #far #fond #forward

A second characteristic of our time is the prevalence of nationalism. This is still spreading, affecting new communities, more peripheral regions and so-called backward peoples. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

#backward #characteristic #communities #more #nationalism

The First World War, and especially the latest one, largely swept away what was left in Europe of feudalism and of feudal landlords, especially in Poland, Hungary, and the South East generally. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

#east #especially #europe #feudal #feudalism

The question whether the long effort to put an end to war can succeed without another major convulsion challenges not only our minds but our sense of responsibility. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

#challenges #convulsion #effort #end #long

Storytelling is an ancient and honorable act. An essential role to play in the community or tribe. It's one that I embrace wholeheartedly and have been fortunate enough to be rewarded for. ↗

— Russell Banks

#ancient #been #community #embrace #enough

I've been sober now for a couple of years and I'm taking my sobriety very seriously - one day at a time and I am moving forward in my career. ↗

— Daniel Baldwin

#been #career #couple #day #forward

War would end if the dead could return. ↗

— Stanley Baldwin

#could #dead #end #return #would

Sometimes you have to pick the gun up to put the Gun down. ↗

— Malcolm X

#arms #pacifism #peace #revolution #violence