“Ideas ripen quickly when nourished by the blood of martyrs.”
--Giuseppe Mazzini
It's funny how such statements are spun, depending upon who utters them. In the mouth of a 19th century Italian revolutionary, these words are stirring truth. In the mouth of a 21st century Iraqi revolutionary, on the other hand, these words are proof that the speaker is a blood-thirsty fanatic.
If it weren't for double-standards, most Americans would have no standards at all.
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