“We have our divisions, and they are not new. Around-the-clock news cycles and social media sometimes amplify these divisions, and I know we’re about to enter a couple of weeks of conventions where our political rhetoric tends to be more overheated than usual. And that is why it is so important that…”— Barack Obama, whitehouse.govTagged: The Path to the New, Violence Is Old, Diverse Unity, Artificial Divisions of Media, Media Control Of Our Minds
“Someone once wrote, ‘A bullet need happen only once, but for peace to work we need to be reminded of its existence again and again and again.’”— Barack Obama, whitehouse.govTagged: Temper Our Senses, On Violence, Hannah Arendt & Obama
“We need to temper our words and open our hearts, all of us.”— Barack Obama, whitehouse.govTagged: Temper Our Senses, Gain Control, Be Cool, Moderation, In Praise of Moderation