Sean Penn Quotes
Venezuela and its revolution will endure under the proven leadership of Vice President Maduro.
Penn, Sean. Statement on the passing of Hugo Chávez. Quoted in "Sean Penn: Chavez's Venezuela 'Will Endure'." The Hollywood Reporter, Prometheus Global Media, 5 Mar. 2013.
Ataturk was not receptive toward Communism as some other world leaders were at the time. He saw its weakness far earlier than many others.
The two were in the Dublin suburbs when others seized the Dublin Post Office and began the Easter Uprising without their knowledge. They were desperate to get to Downtown Dublin and have a role in the activities and get arrested with the more militant leaders.
While Lenin was admired for his skill by his revolutionary colleagues, many had their concerns.
Ataturk was one of the few revolutionary leaders who appreciated the importance of maintaining a Republic over time and allowed for the possibility that the revolutionary government might become corrupt. So like Thomas Jefferson, he always told citizens to be ever vigilant. In the case of Turkey, on several occasions fundamentalist religious forces have attempted to regain control of the secular republic and the government and mindful of Ataturk’s warnings the Army and other forces have rallied to keep Turkey independent and secular.
Although very authoritarian in his governing style, the substance of the Constitution that and basic laws that he imposed on post war Japan were extremely left wing. Japan eschewed having a military, required total equality of women for the first time in Japanese history. The Civil Service was given great power and authority over business, there was a complete social safety net. MacArthur would not take kindly to this characterization as he thought of himself as a lifelong conservative and was the darling of the American right wing extremists. He took the American Constitution literally and was determined to turn ultra-militaristic Japan into a democracy. He did in one of the most dramatic cultural and governmental changes in history.
Sean Justin Penn is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. He has won two Academy Awards, for his roles in the mystery drama Mystic River (2003) and the biopic Milk (2008).
