Basic principles Quote by Hazel Henderson

“If we can recognize that change and uncertainty are basic principles, we can greet the future and the transformation we are undergoing with the understanding that we do not know enough to be pessimistic.”

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[It is a basic principle of a tyrant] to unarm his people of weapons, money and all means whereby they resist his power.

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