- It is often necessary, even desirable
for political leaders to withhold information from... - Academic disciplines have become so specialized in recent years that scholars' ideas reach only a narrow audience
Until scholars can reach a wider audience, their ideas... - Governments must ensure that their major cities receive the financial support they need in order to thrive
because it is primarily in cities that a nation's cultural... - All nations should help support the development of
a global university designed to engage students in... - People's attitudes are determined more by their immediate
situation or surroundings than by any internal characteristic... - Many of the world's lesser-known languages are being lost as fewer and fewer people speak them
The governments of countries in which these languages... - It is necessary for everyone to read poetry, novels
mythology and other types of imaginative literature... - The stability of a society depends on how it responds
to the extremes of human behavior.... - Although many people think that the luxuries and conveniences of contemporary life are entirely harmless
in fact, they actually prevent people from developing... - There are two types of laws: just and unjust. Every individual in a society has a responsibility to obey just laws and
even more importantly, to disobey and resist unjust...
