Vaticans Telescope Quotes & Sayings

By the end of the eighteenth century it had become clear that none of the estates or classes in the various countries was willing or able to become the new ruling class, that is to identify itself with the government as the nobility had done for centuries.8 The failure of the absolute monarchy to find a substitute within society led to the full development of the nation-state and its claim to be above all classes, completely independent of society and its particular interests, the true and only representative of the nation as a whole. — Hannah Arendt

true power is used to protect people who are unable to protect themselves. — Kathleen Brooks

If I turned towards books, it was because they were the only sanctuary I knew, one I needed in order to survive, to protect some aspect of myself that was now in constant retreat. — Azar Nafisi

You can get the dart player out of the pub, but you can't get the pub out of the dart player. — Sid Waddell

The war-sick - they will attack my boy? War — Sara Pennypacker