“Why does a woman carry a gun? Because, under our system, every citizen has the latitude to act in the absence of police; the latitude to act reasonably, to act immediately, to act in defense of self, to act in defense of another, to act with lethal force, to act with her acquired training and to act not in anger but to respond in purpose. To exercise the protections of that latitude in public policy, public interest and practical safety, all that is demanded of her is that she act reasonably under the circumstances.” DoeSelfPurposeForceInterestPolicyCitizensCircumstancesExerciseTrainingGunPoliceSafetyProtectionDefenseAbsencePracticalsPublic PolicyPublic InterestLatitude Author:John Longenecker
“All who become men of power reach their estate by the same self-mastery, the same self-adjustment to circumstances, the same voluntary exercise and discipline of their faculties, and the same working of their life up to and into their high ideals of life.” MenSelfPowerDisciplineCircumstancesExerciseIdealsFacultyMasteryEstatesAdjustmentSelf Mastery Book:PLAIN TALKS ON FAMILIAR SUBJECTS Source: PLAIN TALKS ON FAMILIAR SUBJECTS
“The language of commerce has been engineered to describe the overt purpose of a thing, but cannot encompass fringe benefits or peripheral pleasures. It weighs the obvious against what in its terms are incomprehensible. When I drive from here to there, speed, privacy, control, and safety are easy to claim. When I walk, what happens is more vague, more ambiguous-and in many circumstances much richer. I am out in the world. It's exercise, though not so quantifiably as on a treadmill in a gym with a digital readout.” WorldHas BeensHappensPurposeLanguageEasyTermWalksPleasureCircumstancesExerciseBenefitsClaimsSafetyEnvironmentalObviousSpeedPrivacyDigitalGymSustainabilityCommerceVagueFringeAmbiguousTreadmills Author:Rebecca Solnit
“We're not in control [of circumstances], but that does not mean we don't exercise a certain kind of conditioned agency. That's what it means to live in a community. That's what it means to live in society.” KindMeanDoeCertainCommunityCircumstancesExerciseAgency Author:Judith Butler