War is not the continuation of politics with different means it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the community of man.

African-Americans who might have disagreed with candidate Obama's left-of-center politics voted for him in 2008 because electing a candidate with brown skin was too historic an opportunity to miss.

I hate politics. It's slimy. Any job where people pander for votes I don't like. The country has gotten so partisan that if you're not on my side you're the enemy. The only thing I ever try to support is a third party like Unity08. We need more parties and more choice.

Since the printing press came into being poetry has ceased to be the delight of the whole community of man it has become the amusement and delight of the few.

The poetry community here has been extraordinarily welcoming.

A group of us started a community center in Santa Monica. We've tried different programs and three have worked really well. A poetry group. Once a week we visit Venice High and talk to girls at risk.

The government needs to help those in need but members of Congress shouldn't take advantage of the situation and use a national tragedy as an opportunity to spend taxpayer dollars on their pet projects.

The conflict in the Middle East needs to be solved for the same reasons. It is necessary to reach a two-states solution built on international law for sustainable peace and development and it can only be achieved through joint efforts by the international community.

Chemistry itself knows altogether too well that - given the real fear that the scarcity of global resources and energy might threaten the unity of mankind - chemistry is in a position to make a contribution towards securing a true peace on earth.

The Peace Corps is an outstanding organization that promotes peace through helping countless individuals who want to help build a better life for the community in which they serve.

Our civilization is now in the transition stage between the age of warring empires and a new age of world unity and peace.

I want to arrive at the possibility of peace with the Syrians and when I believe that the conditions are right I will not miss the opportunity.

Peace unity and harmony!

It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general for it helps to form a habit of peace and community habits long continued become standards of conduct.

Israel welcomes the wind of change and sees a window of opportunity. Democratic and science-based economies by nature desire peace. Israel does not want to be an island of affluence in an ocean of poverty. Improvements in our neighbours' lives mean improvements to the neighbourhood in which we live.

What I'm not confused about is the world needing much more love no hate no prejudice no bigotry and more unity peace and understanding. Period.

The very first lesson that I learnt from the Qur'an was the message of unity and peace.

There can be no vulnerability without risk there can be no community without vulnerability there can be no peace and ultimately no life without community.

The forces that are driving mankind toward unity and peace are deep-seated and powerful. They are material and natural as well as moral and intellectual.

I have no sense of patriotism but I do have a sense of community.

But presidential approval also became a surrogate measure of national unity and patriotism.

But this Veterans Day I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present.

Speaking from my experience as a person involved for a long time in building the European Union it is important to have patience and efforts to build a community of nations.

I would like to do another piece of fiction dealing with a number of issues: Lesbian parenting the 1960's and interracial relationships in the Lesbian and Gay community.