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Essays, aphorisms, quotes and poems


Mohawk Prayer of Thanksgiving

John O'Brien shared the following Mohawk prayer of thanksgiving.

The Limits of Centralisation

Citizenship must be rooted in local experiences of active engagement.

The Paideia Proposal

The Paideia Proposal was an educational reform plan proposed by Mortimer Adler in the USA.

Democratic Welfare Reform

The struggle for democracy offers us a parallel to the struggle for welfare reform.

Mr Pye and Do-Goodery

Mervyn Peake's novel ‘Mr Pye’ is a wonderful fable on the perils of do-goodery.

One Value of Diversity

We each need the difference of one another.

Not from Benevolence

Our duty to look after our own interests is right and proper.

Equality

Lessons from ‘The Declaration of Independence’.

The Centre of Totalitarianism

A quote from Hannah Arendt on the importance of concentration camps to totalitarianism.