“Immigration should be enforced in a proportional and humane manner.” ShouldImmigrationHumane Author:Roger Mahony
“The moment you’ve uttered the exact dimensionality of your exile, you’re already turning towards home.” MomentsHomeExile Author:David Whyte
“It might be liberating to think of human life as informed by losses and disappearances as much as by gifted appearances, allowing a more present participation and witness to the difficulty of living.” ThinkingHumansMightLossDifficultyAppearanceWitnessHuman LifeAllowingGiftedParticipationLiberatingDisappearance Author:David Whyte
“People don't simply wake up one day and commit genocide. They start by setting themselves apart from others, diminishing the stature of those adhering to dissenting beliefs in small, insidious steps. They begin by saying, 'We're the righteous, and we'll tolerate those others.' And as the toleration diminishes over time, the inevitable harms are overlooked. It is for that reason that James Madison wisely wrote that 'it is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties'.” PeopleFirstsReasonBeliefLibertyStepsOne DayWake UpHarmExperimentsSettingCommitSettingsInevitableGenocideRighteousTolerateDiminishAlarmsOverlookedStatureInsidiousMadisonToleration Author:Michael Newdow
“If you have one strong idea, you can't help repeating it and embroidering it. Sometimes I think that authors should write one novel and then be put in a gas chamber.” IfsThinkingShouldWritingIdeasSometimesHelpingStrongNovelGasChamberGas Chambers Author:John P. Marquand
“I think the most that I've learned has been, how do I put this? The innate goodness inside of all of us.” ThinkingHas BeensGoodnessI've LearnedInnateInnate Goodness Author:Brian Behlendorf
“Certainly I get a lot personally out of it as well, there's the recognition and things like that but mostly I try to take that as an opportunity to explain why I hope we could see more projects like Apache out there and why it's a good thing for society.” TryingWellsOpportunityProjectsGood ThingsRecognition Author:Brian Behlendorf
“Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends.” PeopleClassDangerousPoliticianDefinitionsSeeking Author:James Bovard