“If we do not get a universal acceptance of the constitution the likelihood of the violence continuing is there. If it had been an inclusive exercise -- as when everybody had embraced the constitution and everyone saw his interest protected by the constitution -- I think it would have been a rallying exercise. We are not there at this stage” IfsThinkingHas BeensInterestSawsViolenceStageAcceptanceExerciseUniversalConstitutionProtectedContinuingLikelihoodRallying Author:Kofi Annan
“Most of the problems that plague our society - addiction, overeating, crime, domestic violence, prejudice, debt, unwanted pregnancy, educational failure, underperformance at school and work, lack of savings, failure to exercise - are in some degree a failure of self-control.” SelfProblemSchoolViolenceCrimeExerciseDegreesPrejudiceAddictionEducationalDebtSavingOur SocietyPregnancySelf ControlDomestic ViolencePlagueSavingsUnwantedOvereatingUnwanted PregnancyUnderperformance Author:Roy Baumeister
“A new type of superstition has got hold of people's minds, the worship of the state. People demand the exercise of the methods of coercion and compulsion, of violence and threat. Woe to anybody who does not bend his knee to the fashionable idols!” PeopleMindDoeStatesViolenceTypeExerciseDemandWorshipMethodThreatKneesIdolsSuperstitionsWoeCompulsionCoercionFashionable Book:Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War Source: Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War
“Religion, or the duty we owe to our Creator, and manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence; and, therefore, that all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise of religion according to the dictates of conscience, unpunished and unrestrained by the magistrate, unless under color of religion any man disturb the peace, the happiness, or safety of society, and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity toward each other.” MenShouldReasonChristianForceEnjoyPracticeViolenceColorDutyExerciseConscienceSafetyCharityConvictionCreatorMutualTolerationMagistratesForbearance Book:The Writings of James Madison: 1769-1783 Source: The Writings of James Madison: 1769-1783