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The Myth of the War Experience was designed to mask war and to legitimize the war experience; it was meant to displace the reality of war. The memory of the war was refashioned into a sacred experience which provided the nation with a new
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“What is the purpose of a nation if not to empower human beings to live better together than they could individually? When government fails to meet the basic needs of humanity for food, shelter, clothing, and even more important—the room to grow and evolve—the people will begin to rely on one another, to pool their resources and rise above the artificial limitations of tradition or law. Each of us has something significant to contribute to society be it physical, material, intellectual, emotional, or spiritual”
― Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change
― Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change
“Not even Spock had stayed aboard for that—he found breathing vacuum for any length of time to be aesthetically unpleasant.”
― Spock's World
― Spock's World
“Nothing can stop the power of a committed and determined people to make a difference in our society. Why? Because human beings are the most dynamic link to the divine on this planet.”
― Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change
― Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change
“I believe there’s another dozen thoughts lined up behind each one I’m aware of.”
― The Outsider
― The Outsider
“We no longer dwell in that daydream. We were shaken to realism by the harshness of what we have witnessed in the last few years—the vilification of President Obama, a drive to wreck his legacy and undo the progress we have made as a nation in the last hundred years, a disdain for the sick and the poor, militarization of the police, and the weaponizing of government not to serve as an advocate, but as an agent of oppression and compliance.”
― Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change
― Across That Bridge: Life Lessons and a Vision for Change
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