“Even if nonpolluting power were feasible and abundant, the use of energy on a massive scale acts on society like a drug that is physically harmless but psychically enslaving. A community can choose between Methadone and "cold turkey"-between maintaining its addiction to alien energy and kicking it in painful cramps-but no society can have a population that is hooked on progressively larger numbers of energy slaves and whose members are also autonomously active.” IfsUseEnergyCommunityNumbersColdDrugMembersSlaveAddictionPopulationPainfulActiveScalesAliensAlternativesMassiveTurkeysMaintainingKickingHookedCrampsKicking ItCold TurkeyMethadone Author:Ivan Illich
“The clerical system of church management is exceedingly popular, but the whole thought is foreign to Scripture. In a church all the members are active. He [God] appointed some to take oversight of the work so that it might be carried on efficiently. It was never His thought that the majority of the believers should devote themselves exclusively to secular affairs and leave church matters to a group of spiritual specialists.” ShouldMatterWholeMightSpiritualChurchGroupsMembersManagementMajorityAffairActiveBelieverScriptureSecularSpecialistsOversight Author:Watchman Nee
“Today, for many people, being a union member simply means paying dues, but in the early days there were so few of us that if a majority of the members were not active, the union ceased to exist.” PeopleIfsMeanTodayMembersLaborMajorityUnionsActiveDuesLabor Movement Book:All for one Source: All for one
“If you can get better at your job, you should be an active member of LinkedIn, because LinkedIn should be connecting you to the information, insights and people to be more effective.” PeopleIfsShouldJobsInformationMembersInsightActiveGet BetterConnectingLinkedin Author:Reid Hoffman
“The members of a body-politic call it "the state" when it is passive, "the sovereign" when it is active, and a "power" when they compare it with others of its kind. Collectively they use the title "people," and they refer to one another individually as "citizens" when speaking of their participation in the authority of the sovereign, and as "subjects" when speaking of their subordination to the laws of the state.” PeopleKindStatesUseBodyLawSubjectsCitizensMembersAuthorityActiveTitlesComparePassiveSovereignParticipationSubordination Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“Here we are to remember that in consequence of our opinion that labor is the Father and active principle of wealth, as lands are the Mother, that the state by killing, mutilating, or imprisoning their members do withal punish themselves.” StatesRememberMotherFatherWealthOpinionPrinciplesLandMembersConsequenceLaborKillingActive Author:William Petty
“My grandmother was also an active member of the tenants association and a staunch supporter of the Democratic Party, and both of my parents were extremely liberal, so I think I grew up in a household that was very politically conscious - we all watched the elections on TV, and we watched the debates. So it was an awareness that we were raised with, and as we grew into young adults, we just naturally became politically active. It was just understood that it was important, that it was our responsibility.” ThinkingImportantYoungParentPartyResponsibilityAwarenessTvsGrewMembersGrew UpConsciousUnderstoodAdultsElectionDemocraticRaisedYoung AdultActiveDebateGrandmotherAssociationHouseholdSupporterMy GrandmotherDemocratic PartyTenants Author:Scarlett Johansson
“I too am a member of the human race, (but admittedly not a very active member).” HumansRaceMembersActiveHuman Race Author:Ashleigh Brilliant
“These two value systems [islam and U.S constitution] do not clash in any way, and my son is a member of the United States Armed Forces active duty. He`s proud to serve his country. And there are many more people who are exact same thing.” PeopleWayTwoCountryStatesValuesForceUnitedUnited StatesSonDutyProudMembersConstitutionIslamActiveMy SonClashArmed ForcesValue Systems Author:Steve King
“Even into the 20th century, women were still struggling in the Western world for rights that Islam had granted women in the 7th century: equal rights to education; the right to own and inherit property; to have a voice in the decisions affecting their lives; to be active, engaged, and valued members of society at all levels.” WorldStillsVoiceDecisionLevelsStruggleRightsCenturyEqualMembersPropertyIslamWesternActiveGrantedEngaged20th CenturyEqual RightsWestern World Author:Queen Noor of Jordan
“Look, the United States doesn't have political parties. In other countries, take say Europe, you can be an active member of the political party. Here, the only thing in a political party is gearing to elections, not the other things you do. So it's basically, a way of making people passive, submissive objects.” PeopleWayLooksCountryStatesPoliticalUnitedPartyUnited StatesObjectsMembersEuropeElectionActiveOther CountriesPassivePolitical PartiesSubmissive Author:Noam Chomsky
“When I look at what I'm doing today, I see [the] roots in my college life. I was the online editor of my college paper and an active member of the Harvard Computer Society. I abandoned a summer internship at the Washington Post due to injury and instead did theatre. I found my comedic voice through satirical newsletters in college.” LooksTodayFoundVoiceCollegeMembersPaperComputerSummerRootsActiveDuesTheatrePostsInjuryOnlineEditorsAbandonedHarvardComedicSatiricalCollege LifeInternshipsNewsletters Author:Baratunde Thurston
“It's become extremely difficult to speak to active ISIS members now. I was speaking to them in 2015, and the last one was killed in a drone strike.” LastsSpeakDifficultMembersActiveStrikesIsisDrones Author:Rukmini Maria Callimachi
“I think concerns with a member of Congress with a cabinet official being active in business. I don`t see why it wouldn`t apply to the president.” ThinkingPresidentMembersConcernCongressActiveOfficialsCabinets Author:Lindsey Graham
“Before I went to jail, I was active in politics as a member of South Africa's leading organization - and I was generally busy from 7 A.M. until midnight. I never had time to sit and think.” ThinkingMembersOrganizationSouthBusyActiveJailSouth AfricaMidnight Author:Nelson Mandela
“One of my favorite activities as a priesthood leader is visiting members of the Church in their homes. I especially enjoy calling upon and talking with members who commonly are described as 'less active.'” HomeEnjoyChurchTalkingLeaderCallingActivityMembersMy FavoriteActiveVisitingPriesthood Author:David A. Bednar
“As an active member of the Air Force, Army and Mine Warfare Caucuses, I meet with enlisted personnel and officers on a regular basis to learn more about their needs, both on the job and with their families.” NeedsJobsForceAirMinesMembersBasesArmyActiveOfficersWarfareAir ForcePersonnelCaucusEnlisted Author:Allen Boyd
“Before the Second World War, L'Oreal in France was an active supporter of the French fascists. The cosmetic group's founder Eugene Schueller was an active member of the 'Cagoule' group, committed to the violent overthrow of the Third Republic, and hosted meetings at Oreal headquarters.” WorldWarGroupsMembersThirdsMeetingsCommittedActiveViolentFranceWar Of The WorldsRepublicFoundersSupporterFascistsSecond World WarCosmeticsHeadquarters Author:Geoff Mulgan