Monday, August 2, 2010

Quote for Today

In times of war, you often hear leaders--Christian, Jewish, and Muslim--saying, "God is on our side."  But that isn't true.  In war, God is on the side of refugees, widows, and orphans.

Greg Mortenson, as quoted in "Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time", Penguin Books (2007) p. 239

Hannah Arendt and the Illusion of Progress

"On Violence" is one of the essays in the book Crises of the Republic  by Hannah Arendt   In her essay On Violence , Hannah Arendt...