3 Quotes & Sayings By Bruce Mcallister

Bruce McAllister is a writer, teacher, and former professional broadcaster. After twenty-five years as a reporter and anchor at CBS Radio, McAllister joined the staff of Good Morning America in 1995. He has written numerous books, including the best-selling The 5 Intelligences for Children and The Secret Language of Leadership. He teaches at Baruch College in New York City.

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What are these two lies - these Illusions - that for too long have done their best to keep us from a real peace where we can still remain human? One is certainly the glory of war. It offers us cheaply, but with tragic results, a sense of power in the face of that 20th Century helplessness and powerlessness we hear so much about. War is about the power that fear demands of us, isn't it? Power, after all (the lie assures us), is what the world is really about, isn't it? The meek are fools. The reasonable are suckers. If you really believe in your country, your family, your values, you will wage war to protect them - because there is indeed an Enemy out there and the Enemy, like a host of fallen angels, is out to destroy everything you value. By waging war you'll be redeemed by war's very violence, won't you? The consequences of this are of course terrible: the perpetuation of Power Uber Alles, of war itself, of the assumption that whether we win or lose our submission to Power redeems us. Bruce McAllister
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Words have no power... which you do not give them. Bruce McAllister