Kids can't see us bombing, and then listen to us _x000D_ _x000D_ talking about getting guns out of the schools. _x000D_ _x000D_ How can we tell them to solve problems without violence, _x000D_ _x000D_ if, in fact, we can't show an ability to solve problems _x000D_ _x000D_ without violence?
Interpretation
The quote highlights the contradiction in promoting non-violence while engaging in violent actions.
Barbara Lee emphasizes the irony of advocating for non-violence in conflict resolution while simultaneously participating in violent acts, such as warfare. This raises a critical question about the message conveyed to children and society regarding how to approach and resolve conflicts without resorting to violence, ultimately challenging personal and societal values around peace and conflict resolution.
In practice
During a school assembly discussing peace and conflict resolution.
We must not let history repeat itself in Iraq. The reality is there is no military solution in Iraq. This is a sectarian war with long standing roots that were flamed when we invaded Iraq in 2003. Any lasting solution must be political and take into account respect for the entire Iraqi population.
We must use all the tools of American power in resolving disputes, including diplomacy. And we must have sufficient congressional debate and oversight before ever putting another U.S. solider in harm's way.
It’s no company at all, when people know nothing and say nothing,’ she muttered.
I don't view prosecutors and attorneys as natural enemies. ... Though their roles are oppositional, the two simply have different roles to play in pursuit of the larger purpose, realizing the rule of law. ... This is not to deny that the will to win drives those efforts. ... Rather, it is simply to insist that ultimately, neither the accused nor society is served unless the integrity of the system is set above the expedient purposes of either side.
A world in which there are monsters, and ghosts, and things that want to steal your heart is a world in which there are angels, and dreams and a world in which there is hope.
I suppose everyone continues to be interested in the quest for the self, but what you feel when you're older, I think, is that ... you really must make the self. It is absolutely useless to look for it, you won't find it, but it's possible in some sense to make it. I don't mean in the sense of making a mask, a Yeatsian mask. But you finally begin in some sense to make and choose the self you want.
Abide in peace, banish cares, take no account of all that happens, and you will serve God according to his good pleasure and rest in him.
A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.
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