It Is Not Enough To Stare Up

When A Man Has His Heart In The Right Place And Good Taste, He Can Not Only Do Well In Politics But Is Even Predetermined For It. If Someone Is Modest And Does Not Yearn For Power, He Is Certainly Not Ill-equipped To Engage In Politics; On The Contrary, He Belongs There. What Is Needed In Politics Is Not The Ability To Lie But Rather The Sensibility To Know When, Where, How And To Whom To Say Things.

The Idea Of Human Rights And Freedoms Must Be An Integral Part Of Any Meaningful World Order. Yet, I Think It Must Be Anchored In A Different Place, And In A Different Way, Than Has Been The Case So Far. If It Is To Be More Than Just A Slogan Mocked By Half The World, It Cannot Be Expressed In The Language Of A Departing Era, And It Must Not Be Mere Froth Floating On The Subsiding Waters Of Faith In A Purely Scientific Relationship To The World.

I Am Convinced That We Will Never Build A Democratic State Based On Rule Of Law If We Do Not At The Same Time Build A State That Is-regardless Of How Unscientific This May Sound To The Ears Of A Political Scientist-humane, Moral, Intellectual And Spiritual, And Cultural.

I Really Do Inhabit A System In Which Words Are Capable Of Shaking The Entire Structure Of Government, Where Words Can Prove Mightier Than 10 Military Divisions.

It Is Not Enough To Stare Up The Steps, We Must Step Up The Stairs.