Quote by John Berger
Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which op

Compassion has no place in the natural order of the world which operates on the basis of necessity. Compassion opposes this order and is therefore best thought of as being in some way supernatural. – John Berger

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Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the media transmit lies. In the face of an intolerable world, words appear to change very little. State power has become congenitally deaf, which is why –but the editorialists forget it –terrorists are reduced to bombs and hijacking. – John Berger

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Emigration, forced or chosen, across national frontiers or from village to metropolis, is the quintessential experience of our time. – John Berger

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The strange power of art is sometimes it can show that what people have in common is more urgent than what differentiates them. It seems to me its something that theatre can do, but its rare; its very rare. – John Berger

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Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell aspiring to be angels men rebel. – Alexander Pope

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The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. – Abraham Lincoln

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