WIST QuotationsAug 25

A quotation from Wendell Berry

It is useless to try to adjudicate a long-standing animosity by asking who started it or who is the most wrong. The only sufficient answer is to give up the animosity and try forgiveness, to try to love our enemies and to talk to them and (if we pray) to pray for them. If we can’t do any of that, then we must begin again by trying to imagine our enemies’ children who, like our children, are in mortal danger because of enmity that they did not cause.

Wendell Berry (b. 1934) American farmer, educator, poet, conservationist
Essay (2003-02-09), “A Citizen’s Response,” sec. 4, Citizenship Papers (2003)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/berry-wendell/17860/

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WIST QuotationsAug 18

A quotation from Wendell Berry

It is impossible to think that constitutional government can be suspended in a time of danger, in deference to the greater “efficiency” of centralized power, and then easily or quickly restored. Efficiency may be a political virtue, but only if strictly limited. Our Constitution, by its separation of powers and its system of checks and balances, acts as a restraint upon efficiency by denying exclusive power to any branch of government. The logic of governmental efficiency, unchecked, runs straight on, not only to dictatorship, but also to torture, assassination, and other abominations.

Wendell Berry (b. 1934) American farmer, educator, poet, conservationist
Essay (2003-02-09), “A Citizen’s Response,” sec. 3, Citizenship Papers (2003)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/berry-wendell/17687/

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Essay (2003-02-09), "A Citizen's Response," sec. 3, Citizenship Papers (2003) - Berry, Wendell | WIST Quotations

It is impossible to think that constitutional government can be suspended in a time of danger, in deference to the greater "efficiency" of centralized power, and then easily or quickly restored. Efficiency may be a political virtue, but only if strictly limited. Our Constitution, by its separation of powers and…

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The Lifeboat AcademyAug 18
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WIST QuotationsAug 11

A quotation from Wendell Berry

In nuclear or biological warfare, in which we know we cannot limit effects, how do we distinguish our enemies from our friends — or our enemies from ourselves? Does this not bring us exactly to the madness of terrorists who kill themselves in order to kill others?

Wendell Berry (b. 1934) American farmer, educator, poet, conservationist
Essay (2003-02-09), “A Citizen’s Response,” sec. 4, Citizenship Papers (2003)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/berry-wendell/78306/

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WIST QuotationsAug 4

A quotation from Wendell Berry

The National Security Strategy defines terrorism as “premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against innocents” (p. 5). This is truly a distinct kind of violence, but to imply by the word “terrorism” that this sort of terror is the work exclusively of “terrorists” is misleading. The “legitimate” warfare of technologically advanced nations likewise is premeditated, politically motivated violence perpetrated against innocents. The distinction between the intention to perpetrate violence against innocents, as in “terrorism,” and the willingness to do so, as in “war,” is not a source of comfort.

Wendell Berry (b. 1934) American farmer, educator, poet, conservationist
Essay (2003-02-09), “A Citizen’s Response,” sec. 1, paid advertisment, New York Times

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/berry-wendell/17607/

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WIST QuotationsJul 28

A quotation from Wendell Berry

And now we are stirring up the question whether or not Islam is a warlike religion, ignoring the question, much more urgent for us, whether or not Christianity is a warlike religion. There is no hope in this. Islam, Judaism, Christianity — all have been warlike religions. All have tried to make peace and rid the world of evil by fighting wars. This has not worked. It is never going to work. The failure belongs inescapably to all of these religions insofar as they have been warlike, and to acknowledge this failure is the duty of all of them. It is the duty of all of them to see that it is wrong to destroy the world, or risk destroying it, to get rid of its evil.

Wendell Berry (b. 1934) American farmer, educator, poet, conservationist
Essay (2003-02-09), “A Citizen’s Response,” sec. 4, Citizenship Papers (2003)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/berry-wendell/78049/

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WIST QuotationsJul 21

A quotation from Wendell Berry

Authentic peace is no more passive than war. Like war, it calls for discipline and intelligence and strength of character, though it calls also for higher principles and aims. If we are serious about peace, then we must work for it as ardently, seriously, continuously, carefully, and bravely as we have ever prepared for war.

Wendell Berry (b. 1934) American farmer, educator, poet, conservationist
Essay (2003-02-09), “A Citizen’s Response,” sec. 4, paid advertisement, New York Times

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/berry-wendell/17746/

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The Lifeboat AcademyJul 18
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Steve Dustcircle 🌹Jul 14

“Green & Gold” is an Inspiring, #AntiCapitalist #Midwestern #Film

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“Green & Gold” is an Inspiring, Anti-Capitalist Midwestern Film

Warning: Spoiler Alert  The independent movie “Green & Golden,” featuring Craig T. Nelson, is about the struggles of a family farm in Wisconsin in the 1990s.  As the owner of a small labor publication, I found myself crying when I watched it at the Three Rivers Film Festival last November. The

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joostjanJun 30
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