We live in a complex and contradictory world. At times our values collide because in the hands of men each one is subject to distortion and excess. Self reliance and indipendence can transform into selfishness and license, ambition into greed and frantic desire to succeed at any cost. More than once in our history we have seen patriotism slide into jingoism and xenophobia, the stifling of dissent, we have seen faith calcify into self righteousness, closed mindedness and cruelty towards others. Even the impulse towards charity can harden into paternalism an unwillingness to acknowledge the ability of others to do for themselves-OBAMA
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 12:04:42 +0000
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