The spectacle of a
The spectacle of a great, solvent government paying a fictitious price for gold it did not want and did not need and doing it on purpose to debase the value of its own paper currency was one to astonish the world. Garet Garrett
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Is it security you
Is it security you want? There is no security at the top of the world. Garet Garrett
You do not defend
You do not defend a world that is already lost. Garet Garrett
The idea of imposing
The idea of imposing universal peace on the world by force is a barbarian fantasy. Garet Garrett
I have believed for
I have believed for a long time that human nature is a reciprocity of what is inside the skin and what is outside: that it is definitely not rolled up inside us but our way of being one with our fellows and our world. I call this field theory. Gardner Murphy
The great object of
The great object of the Christian is duty; his predominant desire to obey God. When he can please the world consistently with these, he will do so; otherwise it is enough for him that God commands, and enough for them that he cannot disobey. Gardiner Spring
If you have nothing
If you have nothing of the spirit of prayer, nothing of the love of the brotherhood, nothing of mortifying the spirit of the world, nothing of growth in grace, of cordial, habitual, persevering obedience to the Divine commands, how can it be that you have been brought nigh by the blood of Christ? Gardiner Spring
The reality of the
The reality of the world we live in is that people sometimes aren’t interested in many circumstances; no matter how much young radicals yell at them, that isn’t what they want to do right now. Gar Alperovitz
Internationally, there are countries
Internationally, there are countries going well beyond the course, with airlines, transportation. There are systems around the world that have explored mining, rail transport, television, communication, Internet service – there very common examples around the world that we can draw examples from. Gar Alperovitz
We need to learn
We need to learn to listen to what the people need and want and not try to impose on them a whole schema that they may not. This is historically difficult stuff: how do we balance the project of raising consciousness, advancing a vision of utopia, with the real and honest engagement in real-world experiments? … Read more