HELIOLITH

At times to be silent is to lie.
You will win because you have enough brute force.
But you will not convince.
For to convince you need to persuade.
And in order to persuade you would need what you lack:
reason and right.

–Miguel de Unamuno to fascist General Milan-Astray during the Spanish Civil War
(via Hecate of Eschaton) *

Stumbling upon these words, I cannot help but think that they are the same words the whole world is whispering, shouting, screaming at the United States as we continue the pre-emptive strategic decimation of countless people. The refrain is so loud in fact, so universal, that Bush cannot even address our friendly northern neighbour Canada’s Parliament for fear of ridicule and dissent. (via Cfarivar)

*(I would really like to find the poem Hecate quotes in the original Spanish saving my pennies since I can’t find it online at the moment)