HOME					In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? St Augustine If it's natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how? Joan Baez The earth is but one country and mankind its citizens. Baha'ullah The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. Steve Biko The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life. Jane Adams Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters. African proverb No matter how big a nation is, it is no stronger that its weakest people, and as long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you might otherwise. Maya Angelou There is no trust more sacred than the one the world holds with children. There is no duty more important than ensuring that their rights are respected, that their welfare is protected, that their lives are free from fear and want and that they grow up in peace. Kofi A. Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations Peace begins when the hungry are fed. Anon Until we have the courage to recognize cruelty for what it is--whether its victim is human or animal--we cannot expect things to be much better in this world... We cannot have peace among men whose hearts delight in killing any living creature. By every act that glorifies or even tolerates such moronic delight in killing we set back the progress of humanity. Rachel Carson We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love of power.  William Ellery Channing If we do not change our direction we are likely to end up where we are headed for. Chinese Proverb A spiritual person tries less to be godly than to be deeply human. Rev. William Sloan Coffin, Jr. To know what is right and not to do it is the worst cowardice. Confucius I believe we are on the edge of a quantum leap into a whole new way of organizing and living as a human family. Mairead Corrigan Maguire Gandhi once declared that it was his wife who unwittingly taught him the effectiveness of nonviolence. Who better than women should know that battles can be won without resort to physical strength? Who better than we should know all the power that resides in noncooperation? Barbara Deming The pioneers of a warless world are the young men (and women) who refuse military service. Albert Einstein I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Albert Einstein Aye, fight! But not your neighbor. Fight rather all the things that cause you and your neighbor to fight. Mikhail Naim Let all bear in mind that a society is judged not so much by the standards attained by its more affluent and privileged members as by the quality of life which it is able to assure for its weakest members. H.E. Javier Perez de Cuellar, Secretary General of the United Nations
	Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages. Thomas Edison Nothing is so strong as gentleness; nothing so gentle as real strength. St. Francis de Sales You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. Indira Gandhi, 1971 When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of tuth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible but in the end, they always fall -- think of it, ALWAYS! Mahatma Gandhi When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be, we make him what he should be. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Women prevent the threads of life from being broken. The finest minds have always understood the peacemaking role of women. Mikhail Gorbachev The two kinds of people who exist in this world [at any one time] are the decent and the indecent. Color, religion and nationality are irrelevant. Rabbi Micah Greenstein The Holy Prophet Mohammed came into this world and taught us: 'That man is a Muslim who never hurts anyone by word or deed, but who works for the benefit and happiness of God's creatures. Belief in God is to love one's fellow men.' Abdul Ghaffar Khann Compromise does not mean cowardice. John F. Kennedy The evils of government are directly proportional to the tolerance of the people. Frank Kent Capitalism is the extraordinary belief that the nastiest of men, for the nastiest of reasons, will somehow work for the benefit of us all. John Maynard Keynes The first question which the priest and the Levite asked [on the Jericho Road] was: ‘If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?' But...the good Samaritan reversed the question: ‘If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?' Martin Luther King .Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. Martin Luther King If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room. Anita Roddick War is as outmoded as cannibalism, chattel slavery, blood-feuds, and dueling, an insult to God and humanity...a daily crucifixion of Christ. Muriel Lester It is clear that the way to heal society of its violence . . . and lack of love is to replace the pyramid of domination with the circle of equality and respect. Manitonquat Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world: Indeed it's the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead We need, in every community, a group of angelic troublemakers. Bayard Rustin For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other Pythagorus
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