“We must be willing to learn the lesson that cooperation may imply compromise, but if it brings a world advance it is a gain for each individual nation.” IfsWorldMayIndividualNationsWillingLessonsGainsCompromiseCooperationWilling To Learn Book:The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers: The human rights years, 1945-1948 Source: The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers: The human rights years, 1945-1948
“There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your all, and winning. I think I've learned that lesson twice now. The essence of successful revolution, be it for an individual, a community of individuals, or a nation, depends on accepting that challenge.” ThinkingGivingWinningIndividualNationsCommunityChallengesAcceptingSuccessfulGreaterRevolutionDependsLessonsEssenceStructureI've Learned Author:Abbie Hoffman
“One of the interesting things about the ancient Greeks is that they really didn't have our conception of individual rights. They didn't have our conception of all lives matters. And it was really was true for them, that certain lives matter a lot more than others. It didn't dawn on them that all lives, although different, can be lives of equal mattering. And that is actually something a huge ethical lesson.” DifferentMatterCertainIndividualInterestingRightsHugeLessonsEqualAncientDawnGreekEthicalConceptionInteresting ThingsIndividual RightsAncient Greek Author:Rebecca Goldstein