"Earth Democracy connects people in circles of care, cooperation, and compassion instead of dividing them through competition and conflict, fear and hatred."

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Source : Vandana Shiva (2005). “Earth Democracy: Justice, Sustainability and Peace”, p.11, Zed Books

Vandana Shiva

#Compassion Quotes #Circles Quotes #People Quotes

“You want to love unconditionally everything you do, or don't do it.”
“An Ice Age is coming and I welcome it as much-needed changing. I see no solution to our ruination of earth except for a drastic reduction of the human population.”
“As a hockey player, playing for an Original Six team at Madison Square Garden, where its packed every night, theres nothing like it.”
“If you ain't killin' 'em, maybe your point ain't sharp enough.”
“I do believe in saving shoes. But that does not make me a hoarder. I am not a hoarder. But why not save them? Styles come back.”
“Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure.”
“The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpation of power by rulers. The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered, as the palladium of the liberties of the republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally ... enable the people to resist and triumph over them.”

Source : Joseph Story (1833). “Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States: With a Preliminary Review of the Constitutional History of the Colonies and States, Before the Adoption of the Constitution”, p.708
“If we can forgive whatâ€™s been done to us . . . If we can forgive what weâ€™ve done to others . . . If we can leave all of our stories behind. Our being villains or victims. Only then can we maybe rescue the world.”

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