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What should have died along with communism is the belief that modern societies can be run on a single principle, whether that of planning under the general will or that of free-market allocations.


Charles Taylor


#politics #principles #society #communism

If the Communists win Europe and a large part of the world, it will not be because they know how to stir up discontent or how to infect people with hatred, but because they know how to preach hope.


Eric Hoffer


#politics #progress #the-true-believer #communism

Some things are just like riding a bicycle; you jump on, pedal, and hope you don’t fall.


Henry Mosquera


#book #fiction #novel #political #quotes

The lesson we are indebted to Egypt for, our future generations learned that in the face of oppression silence is never golden.


Aysha Taryam


#democracy #dictators #dictatorship #egypt #philosophy

Generalization is flawed thinking only when applied to individuals. It is the most accurate way to describe the mass, the Wad. And yours is a democracy, a dictatorship of the Wad.


Trevanian


#generalizations #politics #dictatorship

It is the philosophers, theologians, and evangelists who are said to be filled with pride and bigotry due to the strong convictions that they represent. On the contrary, teachings can be either taken or dismissed; whereas voting is the only thing the average person can do to force everyone to live how they would prefer. A simple vote is among the largest yet most acceptable forms of bigotry, and that is because people play the card only when they feel that in doing so it conveniences themselves.


Criss Jami


#bigotry #convenience #convictions #evangelists #hypocrisy

Truth  is that we all need facts we cannot continue to eat only the food that is given to us. Sometimes we have to feed ourselves otherwise we set our self up for dependency on the wrong nutrition without realizing that we were being poisoned the whole time.


R. Lewis


#love #politics #power-of-words #truth #food

A world where it is safe to love is a world where it is safe to live


Serena Anderlini-D'Onofrio


#ecosexuality #gaia #new-science #peace #polyamory

This is what Jesus had in mind: folks coming together, forming close-knit communities and meeting each other's needs-- no kings, no major welfare systems, no presidents necessary. His is a theology and practice for the people of God, not a set of suggestions for empire.


Shane Claiborne


#jesus #need #politics #welfare #theology

Nonviolent action on behalf of justice is no automatic forumla with promise of success: but neither is war. After all, at least half of the people who go to war for some cause deemed worthy of it are defeated.


John Howard Yoder


#politics #theology #warfare #theology