“If we want to do more than just end mass incarceration—if we want to put an end to the history of racial caste in America—we must lay down our racial bribes, join hands with people of all colors who are not content to wait for change to trickle down, and say to those who would stand in our way: Accept all of us or none.” PeopleIfsWayWantEndsHandsAmericaWaitingAcceptingColorMassDown AndLaysBribeCastesIncarcerationMass IncarcerationTrickle Down Book:The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Source: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
“You don't have to wait until people say they accept everything you say until you are actually prepared to sit down and discuss matters with them.” PeopleMatterWaitingAcceptingDown AndPrepared Author:Chris Patten
“But beware of this about callings: they may not lead us where we intended to go or even where we want to go. If we choose to follow, we may have to be willing to let go of the life we already planned and accept whatever is waiting for us. And if the calling is true, though we may not have gone where we intended, we will surely end up where we need to be.” IfsWantNeedsMayEndsWaitingAcceptingGoneWillingCallingLetting Go Author:Steve Goodier
“There is a connection waiting to be made between the decline in democratic participation and the explosion in new ways of communicating. We need not accept the paradox that gives us more ways than ever to speak, and leaves the public with a wider feeling than ever before that their voices are not being heard. The new technologies can strengthen our democracy, by giving us greater opportunities than ever before for better transparency and a more responsive relationship between government and electors” WayNeedsGivingMadeFeelingsGovernmentOpportunityPoliticsSpeakWaitingVoiceAcceptingTechnologyDemocracyGreaterHeardInternetConnectionsDemocraticCommunicateParadoxDeclineNew WaysParticipationExplosionsTransparencyNew Technology Author:Robin Cook
“... I simply accept that technology is stronger and more powerful than me: it works when it wants to, and when it doesn't its best to go for a walk, and just wait until the cables and telephone links are in a better mood and the computer decides to work again. I am not, I have discovered, my computers master: it has a life of its own.” WantWaitingWalksPowerfulAcceptingTechnologyMastersComputerStrongerMoodLinksTelephonesCables Author:Paulo Coelho