“It is not possible to remake this country, to democratize it, humanize it, make it serious, as long as we have teenagers killing people for play and offending life, destroying the dream, and making love unviable. If education alone cannot transform society, without it society cannot change either.” PeopleIfsLongCountryPlayDreamSeriousKillingTeenagerDestroyingMaking LoveRemakesOffending Book:Pedagogy of Indignation Source: Pedagogy of Indignation
“Radical Islamists are serious about killing in pursuit of their extreme objectives. Releasing their soldiers can only embolden them to take more Americans hostage. The deal for Sgt. Bergdahl may well turn out to have been a bargain with the devil.” WellsMayHas BeensTurnsDealsSeriousDevilKillingSoldierExtremesPursuitObjectivesRadicalBargainsHostageIslamists Author:Cal Thomas
“You have to decide what those issues are for you. What do you think disqualifies a person from holding public office? I believe that the endorsement of the right to kill unborn children disqualifies a person from any position of public office. It's simply the same as saying that the endorsement of racism, fraud, or bribery, would disqualify him - except that child-killing is more serious than those.” ThinkingBelieveChildrenPersonsI BelieveIssuesPositionSeriousOfficeRacismKillingAbortionFraudUnbornEndorsementsPublic OfficeBriberyUnborn Child Book:A Godward Life: Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life Source: A Godward Life: Savoring the Supremacy of God in All of Life
“There is no mission, nor interest to convert, and yet I believe that if this state of consciousness could become more universal, the pretentious nonsense which passes for the serious business of the world would dissolve in laughter. We should see at once that the high ideals for which we are killing and regimenting each other are empty and abstract substiutes for the unheeded miracles that surround us - not only in the obvious wonders of nature but also in the overwhelming uncanny fact of mere existence.” IfsWorldShouldBelieveStatesFactsI BelieveInterestExistenceConsciousnessWonderSeriousLaughterIdealsEmptyUniversalMiracleMereKillingObviousMissionsAbstractNonsenseSurroundOverwhelmingPretentiousStates Of ConsciousnessUncannySerious BusinessWonder Of Nature Author:Alan Watts
“I consider racism to be a medical problem. Racists need serious medical and psychiatric help, because they are killing themselves and making others suffer along with them.” NeedsHelpingProblemSufferingSeriousRacismKillingMedicalRacistPsychiatricMedical Problems Author:Ishmael Reed
“Russia committed an act of aggression in Ukraine, and that's the first time since 1945 a European country has seized the territory of another European country. That's serious business. They started a war with their neighbor. Their troops as well as the separatists funded and controlled by Russia are killing people just about every day.” PeopleFirstsWellsWarCountrySeriousFirst TimeKillingCommittedNeighborRussiaControlledTerritoryAggressionTroopsUkraineEuropean CountriesSerious Business Author:Daniel Fried
“For thirty years, Isreal has been highjacking ships in international waters, killing people, taking hostages, bringing them to Israel, putting them in secret prisons, all with the help of the United States. That's serious piracy.” PeopleYearsHas BeensStatesHelpingWaterUnitedSecretUnited StatesSeriousPrisonKillingInternationalIsraelShipsThirtyThirty YearsHostagePiracy Author:Noam Chomsky