"An army without culture is a dull-witted..." - Quote by Mao Zedong
An army without culture is a dull-witted army, and a dull-witted army cannot defeat the enemy.
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“Europe has lived on its contradictions, flourished on its differences, and, constantly transcending itself thereby, has created a civilization on which the whole world depends even when rejecting it. This is why I do not believe in a Europe unified under the weight of an ideology or of a technocracy that overlooked these differences.”
“With a basic understanding of all humans as brothers and sisters, we can appreciate the usefulness of different systems and ideologies that can accommodate different individuals and groups with different cultural heritages, having different dispositions and tastes. Each person has the right to choose whatever is most suitable, on the basis of a deep understanding of all others as brothers and sisters.”
“The gift of a common tongue is a priceless inheritance and it may well some day become the foundation of a common citizenship.”