"Democracy is not a spectator sport. And what upsets me is we've lulled ourselves in America into a state of sedentary agitation, where everybody can sit on their couch and get upset about what's going on but not get off their backsides and realize that they are responsible for the change that they need to make.
We who drink deeply from wells that we did not dig, we who eat lavishly from banquet tables set up for us by the sacrifices and struggles of our ancestors, are we just going to luxuriate in all that's America? Or are we going to realize that this nation has not finished itself yet, and we must return the blessings of our ancestors by showing the same sacrifice and commitment?"
~ Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, New Jersey, USA
Showing posts with label passive inaction. Show all posts
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Monday, September 27, 2010
Saturday, May 15, 2010
"To be a hero you have to learn to be a deviant, because you're always going agains the conformity of the group.
Heroes are ordinary people whose social action is Extra-Ordinary who ACT when others are passive, who give up EGO-centrism for SOCIO-centrism."
~ Philip Zimbardo
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Philip Zimbardo
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