“When the possessions and households of citizens are no longer honored by the acts, as well as the principles, of their government, then the concentration camp ceases to be one of the possibilities of human nature and becomes one of its likelihoods.” HumansWellsGovernmentPrinciplesHuman NaturePossibilityCitizensPossessionCeaseConcentrationCampsHouseholdHonoredLikelihoodConcentration Camp Book:The Long-Legged House Source: The Long-Legged House
“But that citizen's perception was also at one with the truth in recognizing that the very brutality of the means by which the IRA were pursuing change was destructive of the trust upon which new possibilities would have to be based.” MeanPossibilityCitizensPerceptionDestructiveRecognizingBrutalityNew PossibilitiesIra Book:Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996 Source: Opened Ground: Selected Poems, 1966-1996
“The possibility of my presidential candidacy emerged spontaneously in public opinion polls. For my part, I noticed people's affection when I was doing work on the ground. I think the important thing is that my candidacy was born from citizens themselves, driven by the people and which the parties picked up favourably.” PeopleThinkingImportantBornPartyOpinionPossibilityCitizensImportant ThingsAffectionDrivenPresidentialPublic OpinionPollsOpinion PollsCandidacy Author:Michelle Bachelet
“Rwanda is a very open and free country. Key to our recovery as a nation has a range of grassroots, citizen-centered polices we call "homegrown solutions." The idea that Rwanda is highly controlled from the center belies the reality, which is that citizens in every village have a powerful say in how things get done. We prize accountability and Rwandans are quickly adapting themselves to the possibilities of a digital economy.” IdeasCountryDoneRealityNationsPowerfulEconomyPossibilityKeysCitizensSolutionsRecoveryRangeDigitalPrizeAccountabilityVillageControlledAdaptingGrassrootsRwandaFree CountryHomegrown Author:Paul Kagame
“The individual citizen has very little possibility of having any influence - of making his opinion felt in the decision-making.” LittlesIndividualFeltDecisionOpinionInfluencePossibilityCitizensDecision Making Author:Erich Fromm
“The refugees are not only going to be a demand on the country's resources, but also the refugees raise the possibility that the countries that they're going to are themselves not as stable as the citizens would like, I think. We're all just one catastrophe away from ending up as a refugee, and we don't want to be reminded of that.” ThinkingWantCountryPossibilityCitizensDemandResourcesRaisesJust OneStableCatastropheRefugee Author:Nguyen Viet Thang