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Category: Influential Reads

Posted on September 26, 2017

National Security and Double Government – Dr. Michael Glennon

Very thoughtful analysis of the dynamics between the permanent staffers in government and the changing political leaders.  Does an excellent job not vilifying any one side, and helping to find rational drivers behind some of the different observable behaviours.

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Sometimes we speak clumsily and create internal knots in others. Then we say, ‘I was just telling the truth.’ It may be the truth, but if our way of speaking causes unnecessary suffering, it is not Right Speech. The truth must be presented in ways that others can accept. Words that damage or destroy are not Right Speech. Before you speak, understand the person you are speaking to. Consider each word carefully before you say anything, so that your speech is ‘Right’ for both form and content.

— Thich Nhat Hanh

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Sometimes we speak clumsily and create internal knots in others. Then we say, ‘I was just telling the truth.’ It may be the truth, but if our way of speaking causes unnecessary suffering, it is not Right Speech. The truth must be presented in ways that others can accept. Words that damage or destroy are not Right Speech. Before you speak, understand the person you are speaking to. Consider each word carefully before you say anything, so that your speech is ‘Right’ for both form and content.

— Thich Nhat Hanh
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