We two [Deucalion and Pyrrha, after the deluge] form a multitude. [Lat. , Nos duo turba sumus. ]
In my view, a political vision is not a grab-bag of discrete problems and solutions. It is the visionary anticipation of a direction.
At every level the greatest obstacle to transforming the world is that we lack the clarity and imagination to conceive that it could be different
One of the striking features of the form of globalisation that has now been established is that it is based on the premise that goods and even capital should be free to roam but labour must remain imprisoned within the nation state.
In a world of democracies, in a world where the great projects that have set humanity on fire are the projects of the emancipation of individuals from entrenched social division and hierarchy; in such a world individuals must never be puppets or prisoners of the societies or cultures into which they have been born.
Social solidarity must rest (instead) on the sole secure basis it can have: direct responsibility of people for one another. Such responsibility can be realized through the principle that every able-bodied adult holds a position within a caring economy - the part of the economy in which people care for one another - as well as within the production system
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.
There's this art form in songwriting that's incredibly difficult - to be really funny in a song and also really touching. I can't do that.
Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices.
If I hadn't become a professional basketball player, I would have become a history teacher. There's so much to learn from history.
I know one thing. If a NASCAR driver ever got on the court with me, they wouldn't be able to keep up. That would be like me driving a bus in a NASCAR race.