“There should be somewhere upon earth a place that no nation could claim as its sole property, a place where all human beings of good will, sincere in their aspiration, could live freely as citizens of the world, obeying one single authority, that of the supreme truth.” WorldShouldHumansEarthNationsHuman BeingsCitizensAuthorityClaimsPropertySupremeAspirationSincereSoleGood WillObeyingLive Free Author:Mirra Alfassa
“That we suffer so much today under whatsoever flag we live is proof positive that constitutions and laws, when framed by the early advocates of human liberty, never included and were never intended for us as a people. It is only a question of sheer accident that we happen to be fellow citizens today with the descendants of those who, through their advocacy, laid the foundation for human rights.” PeopleHumansHappensTodayLawSufferingBlackLibertyRightsCitizensConstitutionFellowsFoundationInjusticeHuman RightsAccidentsProofFlagsSheerDescendantsAdvocacyFramed Book:Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey Source: Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey
“Human beings need community. If there are no communities available for constructive ends, there will be destructive, murderous communities... Only the social sector, that is, the nongovernmental, nonprofit organization, can create what we now need, communities for citizens... What the dawning 21st century needs above all is equally explosive growth of the nonprofit social sector in building communities in the newly dominant social environment, the city.” IfsNeedsHumansEndsSocialGrowthCommunityHuman BeingsCitiesEnvironmentCenturyBuildingCitizensOrganizationAvailableDestructiveDominant21st CenturyConstructiveExplosivesNonprofitsSocial EnvironmentBuilding Community Author:Peter Drucker
“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