Top 16 Jean Francois Revel Quotes
#1. To totalitarianism, an opponent is by definition subversive; democracy treats subversives as mere opponents for fear of betraying its principles.
Jean Francois Revel
#2. The totalitarian phenomenon is not to be understood without making an allowance for the thesis that some important part of every society consists of people who actively want tyranny: either to exercise it themselves or - much more mysteriously - to submit to it.
Jean Francois Revel
#3. In Europe, anti-Americanism is much more a hobgoblin of the political, cultural, and religious elites.
Jean Francois Revel
#4. I guess life offers you opportunities to live your dream. We just have to accept what comes our way and live those moments completely. You will not get back this time again, so live every moment you get.
Madhuri Dixit
#5. Logan was talking about the Civil War, which claimed the lives of more than 500,000 Americans. He wanted to provide Civil War veterans with a day to pay respects to their fellow soldiers who did not live to see the end of the war, without losing a day's pay.
Doc Hastings
#6. If reason dominates in man, he rises higher than angels. If lust overpowers man, he descends lower than the beast.
Rumi
#7. Consultation is a good thing when people agree with you, and a waste of time when people don't agree with you
Ken Livingstone
#8. My favorite workouts are the ones that don't feel like I'm working out! So, dance is a big one. Another is any kind of isolated moves, like ballet moves. Anything that works the glutes and legs - sign me up! And I like to blast the music. I have to get lost in the music. That helps.
Sarah Shahi
#10. Not only was there no traffic but the rain came down in buckets and I had no shelter. I had to run under some pines to take cover; this did no good; I began crying and swearing and socking myself on the head for being such a damn fool.
Jack Kerouac
#11. A human group transforms itself into a crowd when it suddenly responds to a suggestion rather than to reasoning, to an image rather than to an idea, to an affirmation rather than to proof, to the repetition of a phrase rather than to arguments, to prestige rather than to competence.
Jean Francois Revel
#12. The best enjoyment is half disappointment to what we intend or would have in this world.
Gamaliel Bailey
#13. Mr. Gladstone read Homer for fun, which I thought served him right.
Winston Churchill
#14. Clearly, a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself.
Jean Francois Revel
#16. We need to emphasize Christ's saving acts. Whenever we don't focus on them, we shoot ourselves in the foot.
Mark J. Cares
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