The great majority of us are Muslims. We follow the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed (may peace be upon him). We are members of the brotherhood of Islam in which all are equal in rights, dignity and self-respect. Consequently, we have a special and a very deep sense of unity. But make no mistake: Pakistan is not a theocracy or anything like it.

~ Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Muhammad Ali Jinnah 1948 Broadcast Talk Australia Islam Jinnah Pakistan Theocracy

And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed—if all records told the same tale—then the lie passed into history and became truth. 'Who controls the past' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.

~ George Orwell

George Orwell 1948 Control Propaganda Slogan

You didn't succeed. Well, what of that? There's nothing to prove, you know, and the revolution's not a question of virtue but of effectiveness. There is no heaven. There's work to be done, that's all. And you must do what you're cut out for; all the better if it comes easy to you. The best work is not the work that takes the most sacrifice. It's the work in which you can best succeed.

~ Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Sartre 1948 Dirty Hands Existentialism Hœderer Les Mains Sales Success The Great Work True Will

Granting that there is some truth to the theory that defects in society give rise to the emergence of criminals, I still maintain that those who use this theory as a defense of criminality are overlooking the fact that there are many people in this defective society who survive without resorting to crime. The argument to the contrary is pure sophistry.

~ Akira Kurosawa

Akira Kurosawa 1948 1982 Criminality Drunken Angel Sociology Yakuza