And every historic effort to forge a democratic project has been undermined by two fundamental realities: poverty and paranoia. The persistence of poverty generates levels of despair that deepen social conflict the escalation of paranoia produces lev...
Because today we live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groups... So I ask, in my writing, What is real? Because unceasingly we are bombarded wi...
What we need is not more distrust and division. What we need now is acceptance.
The silent majority distrusts people who believe in causes.
We need to reach that happy stage of our development when differences and diversity are not seen as sources of division and distrust, but of strength and inspiration.
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
You feel yourself working to show something. I've learned to distrust that feeling.
I was born a heretic. I always distrusted people who know so much about what God wants them to do to their fellows.
Set the foot down with distrust on the crust of the world - it is thin.
Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.
Silence is the safest course for any man to adopt who distrust himself.
A lack of transparency results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity.
On one issue at least, men and women agree; they both distrust women.
All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.
But I think one of the reasons I tend to stay in the water most of the time is I distrust the comfort.
The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them.
A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.
Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.
I think people are distrustful of politicians and are looking for someone who is telling the truth with no hidden agenda.
Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word.
Fear is the enemy. I distrust it. Any feeling or decision I make that might be motivated by fear I quickly reassess.
