“The social damage was not in the failure but in the undertaking, which was expensive. The cost of war was the poison running through the 14th century.” WarRunningSocialCenturyCostDamagePoisonExpensiveUndertakingsCost Of War Book:A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century Source: A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
“The names that do the serious damage are the ones we call ourselves. The stereotypes we give ourselves are the ones that matter in the long run, not the ones imposed on us by other people.” PeopleGivingLongMatterRunningNamesSeriousDamageLong RunsStereotype Book:The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do Source: The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do
“The Bush Administration believes the Kyoto protocol could damage our collective prosperity, and in so doing, actually put our long-term environmental health at risk. Fundamentally, we believe that the protocol both will fail to significantly reduce the long-term risks posed by climate change and, in the short run, will seriously impede our ability to meet our energy needs and economic growth.” NeedsBelieveLongRunningEnergyGrowthTermAbilityFailingRiskEconomicMental HealthClimateEnvironmentalClimate ChangeProsperityAdministrationLong TermDamageCollectivesEconomic GrowthProtocolKyotoKyoto ProtocolEnvironmental Health Author:Lawrence B. Lindsey