Gustavo de Greiff quotes

“Force loses its legitimacy when it is used instead of free and open discussion.”
-- Gustavo de Greiff

#War Quotes #Drug Quotes #Legitimacy Quotes

“The problem after a war is with the victor. He thinks he has just proved that war and violence pay. Who will now teach him a lesson?”

Source : A. J. Muste's statement of 1941, as quoted in Howard Zinn "A People's History" (p. 416), 1980, and later quoted in Howard Zinn "The Twentieth Century: A People's History" (p. 159), May 9, 1984.

“The God of Battles will throw the dice that decide...”

“I despise people who depend on these things [heroin and cocaine]. If you really want a mind-altering experience, look at a tree.”

“Avoid all needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

“Propaganda must not serve the truth, especially as it might bring out something favorable for the opponent.”

“There is no such thing as recreational drug use.”

“Up to now we have faced external problems in an isolated fashion. One of these problems is precisely the drug trade and what has been the result? A very weak and fragile position.”

“And then you have the responsibility and the duty of being good examples to youngsters, not smoke, training hard, go to bed early, don't drink alcohol, don't take drugs, it's very important to have a policy for educating against doping.”

“I wanted to make a film that gave the people who took LSD at that time the hallucinations that you get with that drug, but without hallucinating,”

“The results have no relation to reality. We won't give legitimacy to something that is illegitimate.”