Amitai Etzioni quotes
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“It is so much easier to extol the virtues of civility than to talk civilly about the virtues we need to uphold.”
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“The world needs a new global architecture, additional layers of governance, to deal with issues that neither nations nor traditional forms of intergovernmental organizations can cope with.”
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“Our agenda, by necessity, is as complex and encompassing as the problems we face: beware of politicians promising simple solutions.”
-- Amitai EtzioniSource : Amitai Etzioni (1993). “The spirit of community: rights, responsibilities, and the communitarian agenda”, Crown
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“Readjusting is a painful process, but most of us need it at one time or another.”
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“Find a need and fill it. Successful businesses are founded on the needs of people.”
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“Birth is a shadow. Courage, self-sustained, outlords succession's phlegm, and needs no ancestors.”
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“Determination is the fuel that propels one to higher virtues.”
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“Valor would cease to be a virtue, if there were no injustice.”
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