Quote by Jean Genet
Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real history. T

Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real history. The same is true of man. – Jean Genet

Other quotes by Jean Genet

We know that their adventures are childish. They themselves are fools. They are ready to kill or be killed over a card-game in which an opponent — or they themselves — was cheating. Yet, thanks to such fellows, tragedies are possible. – Jean Genet

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Delinquency
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A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness. – Jean Genet

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Time
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What I did not yet know so intensely was the hatred of the white American for the black, a hatred so deep that I wonder if every white man in this country, when he plants a tree, doesnt see Negroes hanging from its branches. – Jean Genet

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Racism
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History
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Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party. – Barbara Jordan

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History

Nixon is one of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and lying out of both sides. – Harry S. Truman

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History

It is the great sadness of our species that we have not found a way to eliminate the conflict and to eliminate violence as a device to resolve our conflicts throughout the entire history of the human race. – Neale Donald Walsch

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History

Every literary critic believes he will outwit history and have the last word. – Mason Cooley

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History

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You should sit in meditation for twenty minutes a day, unless you are too busy — then you should sit for an hour. – Author Unknown

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Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it. – G.K. Chesterton

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Property

There is no dramatic difference in happiness on the part of people who are wealthy. – Deborah Norville

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Stadium rock and commercial rock are the opposite of what poetry needs. An audience of around 200 is ideal for poetry. – Adrian Mitchell

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