~Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activistIn order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Inventing enemies
I admire Thich Nhat Hanh so much. He gets it:
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