Michael Mello Quotes
Americans don’t do a good job, and shouldn’t do a good job, at separating the message from the messenger, when the messenger is killing people.
Michael Mello, 1957-2008, Attorney, Author, & Legal Educator, C-SPAN History, August 9, 2008
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For a similar sentiment, see Thurgood Marshall.
Forrest went on to be the first National Leader of the Terrorist Organzation.
Sirhindi is a very important Muslim Imam and is credited with breathing new life and energy into the 2nd millennium of Islam. An irony of this quotation is that Sufi’s are often characterized as “moderate” Muslims. The quotation is extremely important in that there are some who attribute the anti-Semitism of the Muslims to the dispute over the State of Israel. However, it was the anti-Semitism that caused the problems with Israel. This quotation is from the 17th century—more than 300 years before Israel was established and over 200 years before the Zionist movement even thought about recovering Palestine for the Jews. Islamic anti-Semitism and anti-Christianity began in the Prophet’s lifetime and continued thereafter. It is as vicious today as it was 500 years ago, except for the fact that there is now an Islamic Reformation that despite the Koran’s statements regarding non-believers, they have a more modern view of the world and the people within it. Islamic cultures like Indonesia and Turkey do not have the same degree of anti-Semitism as Pakistan and the Arab Countries.
He was a key figure in the Social Gospel movement which flourished in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th century. Many saw this movement as more dangerous than Communism and some even saw it as Communism. In America there have always been left and right wings of religion and one or the other tends to make the most noise at a particular era.
Louis Napoleon Bonaparte. The “colonies” to which we was referring were the French Colonies in the Caribbean—particularly Haiti. The Black slaves had revolted against the slave-owners and had taken over all positions of authority and wore the uniforms and symbols of power including the epaulettes—the gold braid shoulder pieces that were symbols of high rank in military and diplomatic uniforms which were worn on all official occasions. Napoleon never did make good on his vow. He had many more problems with his own wars and governance in Europe. This quote does demonstrate the racism that existed in supposedly tolerant France.
