Why is it that an extended olive branch often turns to a clinched fist of hatred?

Quote by Don Williams Jr

Topics: Love Quotes, Peace Quotes, World Quotes

On an altar of prejudice we crucify our own, yet the blood of all children...

On an altar of prejudice we crucify our own, yet the blood of all children...

The gifts of an honorable, well-lived life are in those who will miss you once...

The gifts of an honorable, well-lived life are in those who will miss you once...

Death may indeed be final but the love we share while living is eternal.

Death may indeed be final but the love we share while living is eternal.

When the sparrow sings its final refrain, the hush is felt nowhere more deeply than...

When the sparrow sings its final refrain, the hush is felt nowhere more deeply than...

Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong.

Freedom is the right to be wrong, not the right to do wrong.

The true beauty of a woman is her inherent ability to make better a man...

The true beauty of a woman is her inherent ability to make better a man...

Glorious is the tumult of the waves that crash against a vessel, preparing it for...

Glorious is the tumult of the waves that crash against a vessel, preparing it for...

Lessons that come easy are not lessons at all. They are gracious acts of luck....

Lessons that come easy are not lessons at all. They are gracious acts of luck....

What we aspire to be is more than what we are yet less than what...

What we aspire to be is more than what we are yet less than what...

Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom.

Hate grows and victors where love is afraid to share its bloom.

The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is...

The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is...

A mind is like a parachute. If it doesn't open, you're fucked!

A mind is like a parachute. If it doesn't open, you're fucked!

Despair is most often the offspring of ill-preparedness

Despair is most often the offspring of ill-preparedness

Better is the enemy of good

Better is the enemy of good

Music is the balm that heals the forlorn ache of a distant star.

Music is the balm that heals the forlorn ache of a distant star.

The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is...

The greatest threat to freedom, as well as the most formidable enemy of it, is...

Sex without love is mating, love without sex is philosophy.

Sex without love is mating, love without sex is philosophy.

At last you kissed me, I could die in waves again, and one good lick...

At last you kissed me, I could die in waves again, and one good lick...

If this be not love, it is madness, and then it is pardonable.

If this be not love, it is madness, and then it is pardonable.

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties

When I came here, I couldn't speak a word of English, but my sex life...

When I came here, I couldn't speak a word of English, but my sex life...