158 Quotes by Oriana Fallaci

I've always disliked kamikazes, that is, people who commit suicide in order to kill others. Starting with the Japanese ones from World War II. I never considered them Pietro Miccas who torch the powder and go up with the citadel in order to block the arrival of the enemy troops at Torino. I never considered them soldiers.

Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.

Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man?

We must take positions. Our weakness in the West is born of the fact of so-called 'objectivity.' Objectivity does not exist - it cannot exist!... The word is a hypocrisy which is sustained by the lie that the truth stays in the middle. No, sir: Sometimes truth stays on one side only.

I have always looked on disobedience toward the oppressive as the only way to use the miracle of having been born.

I am a danger to myself if I get angry.

Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an inhuman and hateful phenomenon.

Without Khomeini, we would not be where we are. What a pity that, when pregnant with him, his mother did not choose to have an abortion.

It is the mainspring of life, courage. And courage has many faces.