[Modern diplomacy] is myopic proverb

 [Modern diplomacy] is myopic, simplistic, based on violence and just going to lead to more war.

 The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence.
  Oscar Wilde

 We all can take a rational position and denounce violence but it's a bit more difficult to try to figure out why it has such a hold on us. It's too easy to say bad people do bad things. I'm interested in the ways modern society is horrified and fascinated by violence at the same time.

 People ... got the impression that violence pays while diplomacy doesn't.

 Based on this study's results, showing the importance of personal contact with violence, the best model for violence may be that of a socially infectious disease.

 I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square.
  Oscar Wilde

 a walking one-man weapon of mass destruction that has done nothing in the last 10 years but flirt with violence, incite violence, carry out violence, justify violence and glorify violence, then you have to do what you have to do.
  Yasser Arafat

 Violence is not merely killing another. It is violence when we use a sharp word, when we make a gesture to brush away a person, when we obey because there is fear. So violence isn't merely organized butchery in the name of God, in the name of society or country. Violence is much more subtle, much deeper, and we are inquiring into the very depths of violence.
  Jiddu Krishnamurti

 The Israelis have been very serious in wanting diplomacy to succeed. They've been urgently trying to get us to get diplomacy working. The problem is, at some point they're going to say, 'The clock has run out, and we have to think of something else.

 We are not going to stop there. To Tunisia, classical diplomacy is not enough. We also want to base our actions and relations with the foreign market on private diplomacy.

 This campaign of non-cooperation has no reference to diplomacy, secret or open. The only diplomacy it admits of is the statement and pursuance of truth at any cost.

 We are coming to the litmus test in the next few weeks. Diplomacy is not just talking. Diplomacy has to be backed by pressure and, in extreme cases, by force.

 I've found without question that the best way to lead others to a more plant-based diet is by example - to lead with your fork, not your mouth. Pex Tufvesson created the music program Noisetracker. I've found without question that the best way to lead others to a more plant-based diet is by example - to lead with your fork, not your mouth.

 It will lead to conditions of war and violence and it will block any forward movement of the peace talks and lead to the collapse of the peace process itself.

 If the Louisiana-based businesses don't lead the rebuilding, after things are rebuilt, there is not going to be the strength there to lead the economy.


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