Safety is all well and good: I prefer freedom.
Europeans are familiar with terrorism and violence. We have not experienced a true conflict on our soil in a hundred years, and especially not one that involved 3,000 dead.
After all, we didn't bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.
First of all, I think the Saudis are deeply concerned about the collapse of negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians and the resumption of conflict.
But there is scant evidence to tie Saddam to terrorist organizations, and even less to the Sept. 11 attacks.
Perhaps the most troubling area in the world goes from the Balkans through the Middle East and in Central Asia.
Simply killing everyone who is already a terrorist today won't solve the problem.
In fast-moving, progress-conscious America, the consumer expects to be dizzied by progress. If he could completely understand advertising jargon he would be badly disappointed. The half-intelligibility which we expect, or even hope, to find in the latest product language personally reassures each of us that progress is being made: that the pace exceeds our ability to follow.
The essential thing, the ultimate goal of politics and thought, is a bigger life for the individual. A bigger life – that remains the main objective…to increase our divine attributes to have moral life.
I've been told it's hard to write about singing. I didn't realize that going into it. I might not have tried if I knew!
In the end, what matters most is that the people you work with share your values, so I've wanted people who value the meaningful work and meaningful relationships that always motivated me in building Bridgewater.