Quotations From Karekin Nejdeh (1886-1957)

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Quotations From Karekin Nejdeh (1886-1957)

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1.

The morally depraved can also voice noble principles.

2.

Life is constant and endless renewal.

Only the morally irresponsible refuse to understand this.

3.

Without renewal, a nation dies every hour, every minute.

Our political parties either don't understand this or

they have no desire to understand it.

4.

A nation that fails to do what it can and must do

has no right to expect foreign assistance.

5.

Nations that are unwilling to defend their own interests

condemn themselves to death.

6.

When dealing with foreign powers and issues,

our press adopts a permissive, forgiving, and subservient tone.

With our own internal problems, however,

it becomes arrogant, vindictive, vicious.

7.

Life is endless renewal. Where there is no renewal

there will be spiritual paralysis and a slow death.

8.

It is the height of ignorance for a political party

to think that it can deny the value of morality in its own conduct

and maintain moral integrity within its ranks.

9.

To struggle in defense of what is right is not a calamity but a blessing.

 

10.

Undermining the morality of a nation amounts to

undermining its strength.