“We were granted the right to exist by the God of our fathers at the glimmer of the dawn of human civilization nearly 4,000 years ago. For that right, which has been sanctified in Jewish blood from generation to generation, we have paid a price unexampled in the annals of the nations.” YearsHumansHas BeensFatherNationsGenerationsBloodCivilizationYears AgoPaidGrantedDawnOur FatherPriceHuman Civilization Author:Menachem Begin
“Intellect needs to be understood not as some kind of claim against the other human excellences for which a fatally high price has to be paid, but rather as a complement to them without which they cannot be fully consummated.” NeedsHumansKindUnderstoodClaimsPaidExcellenceIntellectComplementHigh Prices Book:Anti-Intellectualism in American Life Source: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life
“The transnational corporations and the money markets have declared the era of human-designed regulations over. Now the market must reign. Because few people in the business community are paid to think about phrases such as "Western civilization," they don't seem to realize that they are proposing the arbitrary denial of 2,500 years of human experience.” PeopleThinkingYearsHumansSeemsRealizingCommunityCivilizationPaidWesternErasDenialCorporationsPhrasesRegulationReignHuman ExperienceArbitraryWestern CivilizationTransnational Corporations Author:John Ralston Saul
“We are paying teachers who are in charge of our human capital, arguably more important than our financial capital, a very tiny fraction of what Wall Streeters are paid.” HumansImportantTeacherWallPaidFinancialTinyFractions Author:Robert Reich