Brilliant quote from the genius Albert Einstein (whos maths teacher was Greek by the way).For too long we sit idly by not wanting to get involved only to become involved when its too late.The Romans were nowhere yet they grew stronger because the Greeks were too busy killing each other in stupid moronic civil wars, instead of uniting against the growing new power.The Ottomans were very close to becoming extinct after the battle of Ankara in 1402 when Tamerlane defeated smashing the great Bayezid I & scattering the Ottomans yet for the next 20 years the Byzantines did nothing sat idly by within their walls too busy assassinating one emperor after another while the Ottomans eventually regroup unhindered. Venizelos came close in creating the Megali Idea Greece of the 5 seas yet instead of repaying him the Greeks voted him out of office.Hitlers rise to power was helped because the world stood idly by not knowing how to handle the beast bickering with each other until he too became too powerful. Never again shall we the free world never allow totalitarianism whether political or religious become a threat to us we must be brave enough to make a stand & nip it in the but before the threat becomes real. p.s today we are Greeks because of 1 man Themistocles who had the guts to take on the mighty Persians managing to convince those introverted, insular,superstitious, isolationist, xenophobic Spartans who refused to cross the Isthmus of Corinth only to defend the Peloponnese.We are so lucky that Leonidas saw the light & his sacrifice spurred at Thermopylae united us for the very 1st time in our history. A great quote & so true
Posted on: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 22:35:56 +0000
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