“You're in a much better position to talk with people when they approach you than when you approach them.” PeoplePeacePositionApproachResolutionNegotiationDisputesWin Win Book:Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words Source: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words
“It's important in our talks with Abbas to hear how women are represented in peace negotiations, how Palestine views the position of women and how resources are distributed.” ImportantPeaceViewsPositionResourcesNegotiationPalestineAbba Author:Margot Wallstrom
“On some positions, cowardice asks the question, is it expedient? And then expedience comes along and asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? Conscience asks the question, is it right? There comes a time when one must take the position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must do it because conscience tells him it is right.” LifeTimeAsksPeaceCouragePositionSafeConscienceVanityCowardiceThere Comes A TimeExpedience Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Condemning class struggle does not mean condemning every possible form of social conflict. Such conflicts inevitably arise and Christians must often take a position in the "struggle for social justice." What is condemned is "total war," which has no respect for the dignity of others (and consequently of oneself). It excludes reasonable compromise, does not pursue the common good but the good of a group, and sets out to destroy whatever stands in its way.” WayMeanDoeWarChristianFormSocialPeaceJusticeCommonClassStruggleGroupsPositionConflictDignitySocial JusticeOneselfArisePursueCompromiseReasonableCommon GoodUbuntuTotal WarPeace And JusticeClass StruggleCondemningNo RespectPeace JusticePeace Not War Author:Pope John Paul II
“There is no man more dangerous, in a position of power, than he who refuses to accept as a working truth the idea that all a man does should make for rightness and soundness, that even the fixing of a tariff rate must be moral.” MenShouldDoeIdeasTruthPeaceWomenLeadershipAcceptingMoralDangerousPositionRateRefuseFixingUbuntuTariffsPosition Of PowerSoundness Author:Ida Tarbell