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Quotes by Indonesian Authors

"Our Prophet was a radical too- he fought against the injustices of his community and challenged the feudal order of his society, so they called him a radical. So what? We should be proud of that!"

"Arab leaders worry more about making money from the profits they get from oil and gas that they turn the other way when Lebanon is being destroyed right next to them. Their neighbours are being murdered, but they only make calculations for their own benefit."

"Likewise the leader of any state has to do the same, he has to enforce Shariah firmly, for he will be held in account later in the afterlife if he fails."

"Oil wealth has been a curse on us, made us weak and docile."

"I want to encourage our people, to educate our people to have the courage to understand and fight for their rights."

"Laws are to be enforced justly but firmly, with an iron hand. This is the case anywhere, even in a family."

"What honour have we got left, when nobody is listening to us?"

"Today the Western powers and media want to domesticate us like sheep, to keep us tame and domesticated."

"I told the students that we can exert pressure without resorting to violence, and that we can move towards democracy without violence; that way, God will allow it."

"The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower."

"What use is revelation or religion if it doesnt change anything?"

"Which one is the truth, sir?Which period do you mean, son?"

"But the leaders of the OIC could not even accept Mahathir's proposal, yet they talk about respect and honour."

"The quality of beauty lies on how beholder values an object."

"Why should we use the Dollar even when we trade among ourselves?"

"The old resists the new one.'Change hurts' is the reason."

"Words of sincere felt in heart and trigger smile."

"If corruption had already taken root, then good seeds must be preserved."

"Action triggers reaction. An object somehow responds when we observe it.We just assume that we do objective. In fact, unconsciously we only want to see some parts of the object which do not evoke the bitter memories of our past."

"It's so tempting to resist a little gift when you're expecting the otherwise."

"When you feel terribly angry, you're possessed by anger ghost."

"We begin to learn wisely when we're willing to see world from other people's perspective."

"There is no such thing as magic, supernatural, miracle; only something that's still beyond logic of the observer."

"Murderer ain't fit to eternity."

"As dull as moon face, never seem to change."

"Man will find his own structured words,which will transfigure his into immortal."
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