John Twelve Hawks Quotes

The urge to control others is very strong, but the desire for freedom and the ability to show compassion will always survive. Darkness is everywhere, but the Light still appears.

There was no need to worry about religion or philosophy; the truth was determined by whoever was in power.

The warrior uses the power of the brain to be deliberate and the power of the heart to be instinctive.

Life is dangerous. That's what makes it interesting.

Virtue is admirable, but boring.

All of us fight a battle every day, but we just don’t know it. Love tries to defeat hatred. Bravery destroys fear.

You don't need to watch everyone if everyone believes they're being watched.

Peace and prosperity were possible only if people stopped asking new questions and accepted the available answers.

The first icon of the 21st Century is the closed-circuit surveillance camera, slowly panning back and forth as we move beneath its gaze.

Political affiliation is not a relevant part of this decision; privacy and personal freedom should be fundamental right for everyone.

Our sense of powerlessness—the belief that an ordinary person does not matter—has twisted our lips into a sneer.

Many of our leaders have gone past the old-fashioned politics of the democratic era and entered into the politics of fear. People running for national office no longer emphasize their views about the economy or social change. The leading political question of our time has become: who can ease our nightmares?

We drink our morning coffee with a drop of fear.

Believing that the government knows what's best is an argument that barely merits a serious discussion. Any high school history student can come up with hundreds of examples of when a king, dictator, or elected official followed a destructive, foolish policy. Democracy doesn't protect our leaders from having a limited, parochial vision. A politician's true priority is career self-preservation.