"Casey Maddox wrote that when philosophy dies, action……" — Derrick Jensen
"Casey Maddox wrote that when philosophy dies, action begins. I would say in addition that when we stop hoping for external assistance, when we stop hoping that the awful situation we're in will somehow resolve itself, when we stop hoping the situation will somehow not get worse, then we are finally free - truly free - to honestly start working to thoroughly resolve it. I would say when hope dies, action begins."
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68 Quotes by Derrick Jensen
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