Black quotes about change series#

I wonder if the same thing wouldnвЂ™t have happened eventually, no matter which two cultures gained the ability to wipe one another out along with the rest of the world.вЂќ Adulthood Rites вЂњHuman beings are more alike than different-damn sure more alike than we like to admit. вЂњвЂ™Down on Earth,вЂ™ she said carefully, вЂthere are no people left to draw lines on maps and say which sides of those lines are the right sides. вЂњвЂ™Yes,вЂ™ he said, вЂintelligence does enable you to deny facts you dislike.

Black quotes about change series#

Us, the childrenвЂ¦I never realized how easily people could be trained to accept slavery.вЂќ the Xenogenesis series (LilithвЂ™s brood) Dawn Just an ordinary man who sometimes did the monstrous things hisВ societyВ said were legal and proper.вЂќ вЂњHis father wasnвЂ™t the monster he could have been with the power he held over hisВ slaves. вЂњRepressive societies always seemed to understand the danger of вЂwrongвЂ™ ideas.вЂќ вЂњSometimes I wrote things because I couldnвЂ™t say them, couldnвЂ™t sort out my feelings about them, couldnвЂ™t keep them bottled inside me.вЂќ вЂњAs a kind ofВ castawayВ myself, I was happy to escape into the fictional world of someone elseвЂ™s trouble.вЂќ ThatвЂ™s easier than trying to fix the problems.вЂќ kindred Once heвЂ™s made everyone who isnвЂ™t like him sound evil, then he can blame them for problems he knows they didnвЂ™t cause. вЂњвЂ¦that guy who wants to be President, that Jarret, he would call you all heathens or pagans or something He does seem to enjoy calling people things like that. There was never such a time in this countryвЂ¦вЂќ He wants to take us all back to some magical time when everyone believed in the same God, worshiped him in the same way, and understood that their safety in the universe depended on completing the same religious rituals and stopping anyone who was different.

The current state of the country does not suit him. вЂњJarret insists on being a throwback to some earlier, вЂsimplerвЂ™ time. вЂњHow much of this nonsense does he believe, I wonder, and how much does he say just because he knows the value of dividing in order to conquer and to rule?вЂќ Nothing like a war to rally people around flag, country, and great leader.вЂќ He seems to be unhappy with certain other countries. JarretвЂ™s supporters are more than a little seduced by JarretвЂ™s talk of making America great again. And there may be even nastier things in that package. The thing is, you canвЂ™t separate Jarret from the вЂreligious nonsense.вЂ™ You take Jarret and you get beatings, burnings,В tarringsВ and featherings. вЂњWe have, it seems, a few people who think Jarret may be just what the country needs-apart from his religious nonsense. To be led by a tyrant is to sell yourself and those you love into slavery.вЂќ To be led by a liar is to ask to be lied to. To be led by a thief is to offer up your most precious treasures to be stolen. To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.

To be led by a coward is to be controlled by all that the coward fears. вЂњChoose your leaders with wisdom and forethought. We can stop denying reality or hoping it will go away by magic.вЂќ