“In modern European thought a tragedy is occurring in that the original bonds uniting the affirmative attitude towards the world with ethics are, by a slow but irresistible process, loosening and finally parting. Out of my life and Thought.” WorldProcessAttitudeModernEthicsTragedyOriginalsPartingIrresistibleAffirmativeUniting Book:Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography Source: Out of My Life and Thought: An Autobiography
“This kind of totalization of security consciousness [after tragedy of 9/11] has the effect within classrooms (and beyond) of constraining the imagination and reinforcing attitudes that privilege the forces of law and order as against the crosscurrents of freedom and dissent.” KindLawOrderForceImaginationConsciousnessAttitudeEffectsSecurityTragedyPrivilegeClassroomDissentLaw And Order Author:Richard A. Falk
“A lot of "successful" people are tragedies, because what they've accomplished aren't the things they wanted. Intentionally create the question "how" instead of accidentally relenting to the question of "should." If I'm not intentionally choosing a good attitude, I'm almost always unintentionally choosing a negative one.” PeopleIfsShouldWantedAttitudeSuccessfulNegativeTragedyAccomplishedSuccessful PeopleGood Attitude Author:Rory Vaden
“What this ideology, what this myth about savagery did was really excuse America for the disappearance of the Indian. It wasn't our fault. They were just an inferior race. And so John Marshall adopts that. And the tragedy and the present-day circumstances of that decision are that those racial attitudes are so deeply embedded in these foundational principles of American Indian law.” DecisionAttitudeCircumstancesTragedyExcuseMythIdeologyEmbeddedAmerican IndianSavagery Author:Robert A. Williams, Jr.