When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression. (Marjane Satrapi)

When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression.

Marjane Satrapi

Related topics

analysis behind driving fear force lose reflection repression sense

Related quotes

Books . . . are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development. View quote
Dorothy L. Sayers
Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time. View quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members. View quote
Pearl S. Buck
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. View quote
Abraham Lincoln
Bosnia is under my skin. It's the place you cannot leave behind. I was obsessed by the nightmare of it all; there was this sense of guilt, and an anger that has become something much deeper over these last years. View quote
Paddy Ashdown