9 March 1977 Posted on March 8, 2012 by Staff In a 39 hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings, killing two and taking 149 hostage. Famous Words of Inspiration..."But could not our situation be compared to one of a menacing epidemic? People are unable to view this situation in its true light, for their eyes are blinded by passion. General fear and anxiety create hatred and aggressiveness. The adaptation to warlike aims and activities has corrupted the mentality of man; as a result, intelligent, objective and humane thinking has hardly any effect and is even suspected and persecuted as unpatriotic." Albert Einstein — Click here for more from Albert Einstein Related posts: 21 July 1977 18 January 1977 5 March 1970