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Telegram-Memetik-Tagesmix 12.8.2021
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The inherent contradiction of human life has now reached an extreme degree of tension: on the one side there is the consciousness of the beneficence of the law of love, and on the other the existing order of life which has for centuries occasioned an empty, anxious, restless, and troubled mode of life, conflicting as it does with the law of love and built on the use of violence. This contradiction must be faced, and the solution will evidently not be favourable to the outlived law of violence, but to the truth which has dwelt in the hearts of men from remote antiquity: the truth that the law of love is in accord with the nature of man. But men can only recognize this truth to its full extent when they have completely freed themselves from all religious and scientific superstitions and from all the consequent misrepresentations and sophistical distortions by which its recognition has been hindered for centuries. (Leo Tolstoi)
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Seit Pearl Harbor hat uns kein anderer Staat überfallen. Wir haben gegen andere Länder immer als Erste losgeschlagen. Und wir hatten immer eine Entschuldigung dafür parat. Diese Länder beherbergen Terroristen oder schickten sich an, die Freie Welt zu verlassen und kommunistisch zu werden. Mit solchen Begründungen hat Clinton eine Aspirinfabrik im Sudan bombardiert. (Gore Vidal)
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Duldet ein Volk die Untreue und die Fahrlässigkeit von Richtern und Ärzten, so ist es dekadent und steht vor der Auflösung. (Platon)
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"The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment. That I do not intend to permit to the extent that it is in my control. And no official of my Administration, whether his rank is high or low, civilian or military, should interpret my words here tonight as an excuse to censor the news, to stifle dissent, to cover up our mistakes or to withhold from the press and the public the facts they deserve to know. (John F. Kennedy)"