Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes
When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die.
Sartre, Jean-Paul. The Devil and the Good Lord, and Two Other Plays. Translated by Kitty Black, Alfred A. Knopf, 1960, p. 19.
The Supreme Court had ruled that there could be no limits placed on the amount of money that could be spent by a rich company or person to campaign for a candidate. It would deny them their right to freedom of speech. That was the context of Hollings’ remark.
In many of nations immigrant groups have been very successful and have achieved wealth and/or power in the society out of proportion to their numbers. Often the indigenous people—or those who came earlier—look at the newcomers as alien. In Fiji, citizens of Indian extraction have a disproportionate share of the wealth.
This is one of the proverbs of King Solomon of the Jews, son of King David.
This was his most famous speech.
Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre was a French philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and literary critic. He was one of the key figures in the philosophy of existentialism and phenomenology, and one of the leading figures in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism. His work has also influenced sociology, critical theory, post-colonial theory, and literary studies, and continues to influence these disciplines.