06-03-2022, 10:39 AM
"From the beginning, a procession of the poor, the weak, the unfit have gone through our jails & prisons & to their deaths. They have been victims. Crime & poverty & ignorance have gone hand in hand. When our law makers realise this, they will stop legislating more punishment & go after causes."
Clarence Darrow.
"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 can grow up in peace."
Kofi Annan
"To criticize oneÔÇÖs country is to do it a service and pay it a compliment. It is a service because it may spur the country to do better than it is doing; it is a compliment because it evidences a belief that a country can do better than it is doing. In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste but its effect, not how it makes people feel in the moment but how it makes them feel in the long run. Criticism, in short, is more than a right; it is an act of patriotism, a higher form of patriotism, I believe, than the familiar rituals of national adulation.ÔÇØ
Senator J William Fulbright, 1964.
"If we could look into each otherÔÇÖs hearts, and understand the unique challenges each of us faces, I think we would treat each other much more gently, with more love, patience, tolerance and care."
Marvin J. Ashton.
ÔÇ£DonÔÇÖt regret knowing the People who come into your life.
Good People give you happiness, Bad ones give you experience,
the worst ones give you lessons and The Best Ones give you Memories.ÔÇØ
Anon
"The erosion of democracy is gradual. ItÔÇÖs a bit like when you're out walking in the late afternoon & your mind wanders, then you realise the sun's gone down & you're walking in the dark.
Right now, we have this sunny, friendly blur of John Key; cracking jokes, posing with the all blacks, reassuring us he is relaxed.
Behind that, the shadows are lengthening. In them, we can dimly see businesses buying access to Ministers, corporations buying laws & silencing critics. Intelligence agencies, smearing political opponents."
Rod Donald
Clarence Darrow.
"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 can grow up in peace."
Kofi Annan
"To criticize oneÔÇÖs country is to do it a service and pay it a compliment. It is a service because it may spur the country to do better than it is doing; it is a compliment because it evidences a belief that a country can do better than it is doing. In a democracy, dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste but its effect, not how it makes people feel in the moment but how it makes them feel in the long run. Criticism, in short, is more than a right; it is an act of patriotism, a higher form of patriotism, I believe, than the familiar rituals of national adulation.ÔÇØ
Senator J William Fulbright, 1964.
"If we could look into each otherÔÇÖs hearts, and understand the unique challenges each of us faces, I think we would treat each other much more gently, with more love, patience, tolerance and care."
Marvin J. Ashton.
ÔÇ£DonÔÇÖt regret knowing the People who come into your life.
Good People give you happiness, Bad ones give you experience,
the worst ones give you lessons and The Best Ones give you Memories.ÔÇØ
Anon
"The erosion of democracy is gradual. ItÔÇÖs a bit like when you're out walking in the late afternoon & your mind wanders, then you realise the sun's gone down & you're walking in the dark.
Right now, we have this sunny, friendly blur of John Key; cracking jokes, posing with the all blacks, reassuring us he is relaxed.
Behind that, the shadows are lengthening. In them, we can dimly see businesses buying access to Ministers, corporations buying laws & silencing critics. Intelligence agencies, smearing political opponents."
Rod Donald
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)