WIST Quotations2d ago

A quotation from George Orwell

All nationalists have the power of not seeing resemblances between similar sets of facts. A British Tory will defend self-determination in Europe and oppose it in India with no feeling of inconsistency. Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them, and there is almost no kind of outrage — torture, the use of hostages, forced labour, mass deportations, imprisonment without trial, forgery, assassination, the bombing of civilians — which does not change its moral colour when it is committed by ‘our’ side.

George Orwell (1903-1950) English journalist, essayist, writer [pseud. of Eric Arthur Blair]
Essay (1945-05), “Notes on Nationalism,” Polemic Magazine (1945-10)

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Orwell, George - Essay (1945-05), "Notes on Nationalism," Polemic Magazine (1945-10) | WIST Quotations

All nationalists have the power of not seeing resemblances between similar sets of facts. A British Tory will defend self-determination in Europe and oppose it in India with no feeling of inconsistency. Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does…

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CBC Top Stories6d ago
Pete Hegseth: the Iran war’s chief promoter
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is one of the figures central to the ongoing war in Iran. Critics say that the former Fox News host is both dangerous and completely out of his depth. He has made headlines recently for promising “death and destruction," picking fights with the media, and using Christian rhetoric to justify war.
The Guardian's Washington bureau chief David Smith joins us to talk ab...
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7129864?cmp=rss
Show threadVenice church of ChristMar 13
We do well to strive toward holiness while always remaining humbly dependent upon God in Christ through the Spirit for our #cleansing and #justification.
Show threadEthan LonghenryMar 13
We do well to strive toward holiness while always remaining humbly dependent upon God in Christ through the Spirit for our #cleansing and #justification.
BellingenNSWMar 10
Australia is sending weapons to the Gulf
Not in my name >>
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2026/mar/10/australia-sending-weapons-gulf-war-full-story-podcast
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Australia is sending weapons to the Gulf. Does that mean we are at war? – Full Story podcast

Reged Ahmad speaks with Josh Butler about whether Australia is being entangled in Trump’s ‘war of choice’

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BellingenNSWMar 9

Operation Epic Fury - How Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth are selling the Iran war to Americans

"We see the secretary of defense constantly putting [the war] in the framework, the narrative, of a big video game...We're blowing up a lot of stuff, we're killing a lot of people' … it's so distasteful to me...I think there probably is a good reason for why we are doing this, but we're certainly not hearing it from the administration." Professor VanLandingham >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-09/trump-hegseth-white-house-frame-iran-middle-east-war-as-a-game/106427790

„Crusades“ and the “Secretary of War” - The man in charge of the world’s most powerful military. "‘A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war" >>
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/08/pete-hegseth-pentagon-trump-iran
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Tough talk and video games: How the war is being sold to Americans

The US administration's unapologetic stance on the war has come with a lot of bravado, but there are signs the American public is not convinced. 

misryoum global news networkMar 7

Schiff Denounces Obama's Libya Justification When He Thinks It's Trump's Iran Justification

https://misryoum.com/us/today/schiff-denounces-obamas-libya-justification-when-he-thinks/

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) denounced as “Totally vague” a statement that he thought was the rationale used by the Trump administration to justify force in Iran when it was actually the statement...

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Schiff Denounces Obama's Libya Justification When He Thinks It's Trump's Iran Justification

On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) denounced as “Totally vague” a statement that he thought was the rationale used by the

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WIST QuotationsMar 5

A quotation from Ben Franklin

It’s common for Men to give 6 pretended Reasons instead of one real one.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1745 ed.)

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Franklin, Benjamin - Poor Richard (1745 ed.) | WIST Quotations

It’s common for Men to give 6 pretended Reasons instead of one real one.

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WIST QuotationsFeb 28

A quotation from Bastiat

At least let no one argue that, because an abuse cannot be suppressed without injuring those who profit from it, the fact that it has existed for a time gives it the right to last forever.
 
[À moins qu’on ne prétende que, parce qu’un abus ne peut être détruit sans froisser ceux qui en profitent, il suffit qu’il existe un moment pour qu’il doive durer toujours.]

Frédéric Bastiat (1801-1850) French philosopher, economist, politician
Economic Sophisms [Sophismes Économiques], 1st Series, ch. 20 “Human Labor, National Labor [Travail Humain, Travail National]” (1845) [tr. Goddard (1964)]

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Bastiat, Frederic - Economic Sophisms [Sophismes Économiques], 1st Series, ch. 20 "Human Labor, National Labor [Travail Humain, Travail National]" (1845) [tr. Goddard (1964)] | WIST Quotations

At least let no one argue that, because an abuse cannot be suppressed without injuring those who profit from it, the fact that it has existed for a time gives it the right to last forever. [À moins qu’on ne prétende que, parce qu’un abus ne peut être détruit sans…

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misryoum global news networkMar 4

Democrats question Trump administration's justification of Iran war

https://misryoum.com/us/us/democrats-question-trump-administrations-justification-of-iran-war/

At his first public event on Monday since the start of the Iran war, President Trump said the war will continue until Iran's missile capabilities, nuclear ambitions and navy are all destroyed. He justified the attacks' timing, citing Iran's...

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