Andrew Vachss Quotes
I hate bullies. I hate them. I'm not good enough with words to describe how much I hate them.
Vachss, Andrew. The Zero. www.vachss.com.
Pride, sense of dignity and self-respect are powerful and dynamic forces that have been constantly underestimated by occupiers and invaders throughout history. In the case of China, it was not the foreign militaries per se that were responsible for the resentment but the diplomats, merchants and missionaries using the protection and threat of the foreign military that did most of bullying.
La Guardia was a very short man and he had gone up to the much larger “poll watcher” and ripped his official button off his coat. The Tammany Hall political machine would appoint thugs as poll watchers to intimidate the voters. If the poll watcher was an "official" voters thought that they might have access to the ballot information and know whether or not they voted for the machine candidates. Their presense was often sufficient intimidation to assure party line voting by most people.
He was explaining one of the reasons for the development of Jewish humor--namely the amelioration of anti-Semitism.
Andrew Henry Vachss is an American crime fiction author, child protection consultant, and attorney exclusively representing children and youths.
