Quote by John Berger
Today the discredit of words is very great. Most of the time the m

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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No one means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is vicious. – Henry Adams

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Words are all we have. – Samuel Beckett

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