“War is unthinkable in a society of autonomous people who have discovered the connectedness of all humanity, who are unafraid of alien ideas and alien cultures, who know that all revolutions begin within and that you cannot impose your brand of enlightenment on anyone else.” PeopleKnowsIdeasWarHumanityCultureRevolutionEnlightenmentAliensBrandsUnthinkableConnectednessUnafraidAutonomous Book:The Aquarian Conspiracy: Personal and Social Transformation in the 1980s Source: The Aquarian Conspiracy: Personal and Social Transformation in the 1980s
“The Enlightenment faith that things are getting a little bit better each decade becomes difficult to support. People recognized that there had just been a war that was worse than the war of 1812, and worse than the Revolution; things were clearly not getting better and better.” PeopleLittlesWarBitsDifficultSupportRevolutionLittle BitEnlightenmentDecadesGet BetterWar Of 1812 Author:Christine Jennings
“Our freedoms were born in the ideals of the Enlightenment and the musket fires of an historic revolution.” BornFireRevolutionEnlightenmentIdealsHistoric Author:John Boehner
“No real social change has ever been brought about without a revolution - Revolution is but thought carried into action. Every effort for progress, for enlightenment, for science, for religious, political, and economic liberty, emanates from the minority, and not from the mass.” RealActionPoliticalSocialReligiousEffortLibertyProgressEconomicRevolutionMassEnlightenmentMinoritiesSocial ChangeEmanate Author:Emma Goldman
“From Caesar's legions to the Napoleonic wars. From the Reformation, the Enlightenment and the industrial revolution to the defeat of nazism. We have helped to write European history, and Europe has helped write ours.” WritingWarRevolutionEnlightenmentEuropeDefeatReformationNazismLegionIndustrial RevolutionEuropean HistoryNapoleonic Author:David Cameron