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We need a new kind of politics. Not the politics of governance, but the politics of resistance. The politics of opposition. The politics of joining hands across the world and preventing certain destruction.

Arundhati Roy

I could weep for a river-valley, and I have. But for a country? Oh man, I don’t know.
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Country Cry Myself River Tears
NGOs are dangerous. They do what the missionaries used to do in Colonial times. They are Trojan Horses. The worse the situation, the more the NGOs.
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Dangerous Time Worst
Excitement always leads to tears.
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Destination Excitement One Liner Path Tears
Democracy no longer means what it was meant to. It has been taken back into the workshop. Each of its institutions has been hollowed out, and it has been returned to us as a vehicle for the free market, of the corporations. For the corporations, by the corporations.
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Coporation Democracy Freedom Institution Return
At a time when opportunism is everything, when hope seems lost, when everything boils down to a cynical business deal, we must find the courage to dream. To reclaim romance. The romance of believing in justice, in freedom, and in dignity. For everybody.
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Believe Courage Dignity Dreams Freedom Hope Justice Lost Opportunity Romance Time
Some things come with their own punishments.
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Karma One Liner Punishment Reality Wisdom
Wars are never fought for altruistic reasons. They’re usually fought for hegemony, for business. And then of course there’s the business of war.
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Business Reason War
The NGO-ization of politics threatens to turn resistance into a well-mannered, reasonable, salaried, 9-to-5 job. With a few perks thrown in. Real resistance has real consequences. And no salary.
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Money Politics Reaction Reality Reason Resistance Scare
Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.
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Breathe Herself Journey Myself Possible Quiet World
Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century. Flags are bits of colored cloth that governments use first to shrink-wrap people’s minds and then as ceremonial shrouds to bury the dead.
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Clothes Color Death Government Kind Mindset Nation Oneself People
What came for them? Not death. Just the end of living.
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Death End Live Perspective
Terrorism is the symptom, not the disease.
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Difference One Liner Sick Terrorism
The only thing worth globalizing is dissent.
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Important One Liner Worth
The revolution cannot be funded. It’s not the imagination of trusts and foundations that’s going to bring real change.
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Change Foundation Fund Imagination Money Reality Revolution Trust
Power is fortified not just by what it destroys, but also by what it creates. Not just by what it takes, but also by what it gives. And powerlessness reaffirmed not just by the helplessness of those who have lost, but also by the gratitude of those who have (or think they have) gained.
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Creation Destroy Gratitude Help Lost Power Thinking
The idea of justice – even just dreaming of justice – is revolutionary. The language of human rights tends to accept a status quo that is intrinsically unjust – and then tries to make it more accountable.
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Dreams Human Ideas Justice Language Responsibilty Revolution Right

We need a new kind of politics. Not the politics of governance, but the politics of resistance. The politics of opposition. The politics of joining hands across the world and preventing certain destruction.

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