Biblio | Beyond Intractability

We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.

- William E. Gladstone

An act of love, a voluntary taking on oneself of some of the pain of the world, increases the courage and love and hope of all.

- Dorothy Day

Science cannot resolve moral conflicts, but it can help to more accurately frame the debates about those conflicts.

- Heinz Pagels

We have met the enemy, and he is us.

- Walt Kelly

I do admit that the destructive energy is there, but it is evanescent, always futile before the creative, which is permanent.

- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

We have a common oppressor, a common exploiter and a common discriminator. But once we realize that we have a common enemy, then we can unite--on the basis of what we have in common.

- Malcolm X

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.

- John F. Kennedy

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

- Indira Gandhi

Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.

- John F. Kennedy

I'm not really interested in persuading people, I don't want to and I try to make this point obvious. What I'd like to do is to help people persuade themselves.

- Noam Chomsky

If you want peace, work for justice.

- Pope Paul VI

There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.

- A.J. Muste

Violence just hurts those who are already hurt...Instead of exposing the brutality of the oppressor, it justifies it.

- Cesar Chavez

I for one believe that if you give people a thorough understanding of what confronts them and the basic causes that produce it, they'll create their own program, and when the people create a program, you get action.

- Malcolm X

The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.

- Steve Biko

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