Injustice, poverty, slavery, ignorance—these may be cured by reform or revolution. But men do not live only by fighting evils. They live by positive goals, individual and collective, a vast variety of them, seldom predictable, at times incompatible.

Isaiah Berlin

Foreign Affairs

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Topic

Motivation

Author

Isaiah Berlin

Source

Political Ideas in the Twentieth Century Foreign Affairs

Medium

Essay Magazine

Genre

Philosophical literature Political literature

Language

English

Time

1950 1950s 20th century

Occupation

Philosopher Writer

From

Latvia Europe

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Citation

Berlin, Isaiah. "Political Ideas in the Twentieth Century." Foreign Affairs, Vol. 28, No. 3, Apr. 1950.

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God has pity on kindergarten children.
He has less pity on school children.
And on grownups he has no pity at all,
he leaves them alone,
and sometimes they must crawl on all fours
in the burning sand
to reach the first-aid station
covered with blood.

Yehuda Amichai

God Has Pity on Kindergarten Children

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Topic
War

Author

Yehuda Amichai
Source
God Has Pity on Kindergarten Children
Medium
Poem
Language
Hebrew
Time
1955 1950s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Amichai, Yehuda. "God Has Pity on Kindergarten Children." Now and in Other Days. 1955.