“Cannot swords be turned to plowshares? Can we and all nations not live in peace? In our obsession with antagonisms of the moment, we often forget how much unites all the members of humanity. Perhaps we need some outside, universal threat to make us recognize this common bond. I occasionally think how quickly our differences worldwide would vanish if we were facing an alien threat from outside this world. And yet, I ask you, is not an alien force already among us? What could be more alien to the universal aspirations of our peoples than war and the threat of war?” IfsThinkingWorldNeedsWarMomentsHumanityAsksForceNationsDifferencesForgetCommonThis WorldMembersUniversalThreatObsessionAliensAspirationAntagonism Book:Ronald Reagan Source: Ronald Reagan
“Let me tell you something, the end game, Paul, for Congress and this president - and I don't know how many members of Congress even realize the game that they are either being used in or a pawn in. But believe me, they'll take the universal health care coverage over what skin they do have in it. They're going to come out - this system is going to come out the other side dictorial [sic] - it is going to come out a fascist state.” KnowsBelieveEndsStatesCareUsedGamesSidesPresidentRealizingKnow HowMembersSkinsUniversalLet MeCongressHealth CareBelieve In MeCoverageFascistsPawnsUniversal Health Care Author:Glenn Beck
“To reduce man to the duties of his own city, and to disengage him from duties to the members of other cities, is to break the universal society of the human race.” MenHumansRaceCitiesBreakAtheismDutyMembersUniversalPositive AtheismHuman Race Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Ought to have a universal compulsory force to move and arrange each part in the manner best suited to the whole. Just as nature gives each man an absolute power over all his members, the social compact gives the body politic an absolute power over all its members." "We grant that each person alienates, by the social compact, only that portion of his power, his goods, and liberty whose use is of consequence to the community; but we must also grant that only the sovereign is the judge of what is of consequence.” MenGivingPersonsWholeUseBodyMovingForceSocialCommunityLibertyHe ManJudgingOughtMembersConsequenceUniversalAbsolutesGoodsGrantsPortionsSovereignCompactCompulsoryAbsolute Power Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“We, who think like animals living in small groups, must structure a global world. We believe in universal human rights and believe racism and war are wrong. On the other hand, it is our nature to be cooperative and loving almost exclusively with the members of the group to which we feel we belong.” ThinkingWorldFeelsBelieveHumansWarHandsAnimalRightsGroupsMembersRacismUniversalStructureHuman RightsSmall GroupsCooperatives Author:Frans de Waal
“To me, racial barriers do not exist in reality. If I say that 'everyone under the sun is a member of a universal family,' you may think that I am bluffing and being idealistic. But if anyone still believes in racial differences, I think he is too backward and narrow in his perspective. Perhaps he still does not understand man's equality and love.” IfsThinkingMenBelieveMayDoeStillsRealityDifferencesSunPerspectiveMembersAnd LoveUniversalBarriersIdealistic Author:Bruce Lee
“A few years ago it dawned on me that everybody past a certain age ... pretty much constantly dreams of being able to escape from their lives. They don't want to be who they are any more. They want out. This list includes Thurston Howell the Third, Ann-Margret, the cat members of Rent, Václav Havel, space shuttle astronauts and Snuffleupagus. It's universal.” WantYearsDreamAgeAblePastCertainSpaceMembersYears AgoCatThirdsUniversalListsAstronautSpace Shuttle Book:The Gum Thief: A Novel Source: The Gum Thief: A Novel