Famous quotes containing the words speech, recognition and/or systems:
“These things shine:
The sports of a lord,
the jealousy of a beloved woman,
the forbearance of the powerful,
the speech of the wise,
and the silence of fools.”
—Hla Stavhana (c. 50 A.D.)
“Tragedy, as you know, is always a fait accompli, whereas terror always has to do with anticipation, with mans recognition of his own negative potentialwith his sense of what he is capable of.”
—Joseph Brodsky (b. 1940)
“Before anything else, we need a new age of Enlightenment. Our present political systems must relinquish their claims on truth, justice and freedom and have to replace them with the search for truth, justice, freedom and reason.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (19211990)
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