Seamanship Quotation

“In political activity, then, men sail a boundless and bottomless sea; there is neither harbour for shelter nor floor for anchorage, neither starting-place nor appointed destination.”
— from Michael Oakeshott's “Political Education” (1951)

Friday, October 15, 2010

Pete Seeger’s Secret

“It’s a very important thing to learn to talk to people you disagree with.”
          —Seeger told The New York Times, October 3, 2010, on his 91st birthday.

Here’s to a long argumentative life.                                                                                                                                                                            
Posted by Les Horswill at Friday, October 15, 2010
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