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Speaking the truth to an audience
of compulsive and habitual liars
can be a risky business.
I owe my survival to my insignificance.
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To brag about the past
is the surest symptom of present disintegration.

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To divide a small nation
is to compound a felony.

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Whenever we say
we are small and weak,
we should teach ourselves to add
“We had something to do with it.”
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The Ottoman Empire and Russia.
have had
more influence in shaping our identity
than all other factors combined.

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Men and history in general
are shaped more by ignorance and prejudice
than by knowledge and understanding.

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ON RACISM & TERORISM / The unbelievable ease and speed with which we assume our moral superiority to be fact rather than fiction.* If I repeat myself it may be because I believe some things to be worth repeating.*Everything I write is rooted in our classics – from Khorenatsi to Raffi and from Baronian to Odian:and by “rooted” I mean I paraphrase, recycle and plagiarize.*Only the very naďve believe our genocide began and ended in 1915 and Turks were its only perpetrators.*All empires are ruled by serial killers. You want proof? Do the math!#

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NOTES / COMMENTS
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Dr. Johnson: “Men are prone to believe
what they do not understand.”
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I believe in God
but I also believe He is not
what anyone has so far imagined Him to be.
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Theologians don’t deal in God,
they deal in propaganda.
*
When I was dead wrong,
it didn’t even occur to me to question
my infallibility.
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There is a hidden liability
in every visible asset.
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Promoting solidarity in our environment
is like declaring war against our DNA.
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Real patriotism and propaganda
are mutually exclusive concepts.
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Our leaders preach “united we stand,”
but practice “divided we fall.”

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No one has ever prospered
by being honest.