Human Dignity First

Human Dignity First:​

Re-centering Governance Around People, Not Power​: Excerpts from the Book

Mary and Rosie shared the same purpose, that they had to find a way to resolve a life and death issue, otherwise their children would perish from starvation. They needed an ethical response from a government, that was for the people. But they were raising their voices in an era when the spirit of Imperial Colonialism reigned, and was for the enrichment of the powerful and wealthy rather that for the human rights of the people.”

Unethical Strongmen seeking power idealize themselves as rising lions, the most fierce apex predators of the wild, second only to tigers.”

“He just came into my office, walked up to my desk, and opened my purse! Then he poured the contents on top of my desk!” Maria was outraged.

“She saw the purpose in his face. She knew what he was doing and why.”

When people descend into hopelessness they begin to give credence to myths.”

“The legend speaks of the sacred ceremony during which new leaders who were crowned with headship were covered from head to toe with gold dust, followed by a sacrificial holy ceremony during which gold dust offerings were transported along the promenade of the lake, and invocations to the goddess who inhabited the lake were spoken. The ritual became known as the “Muisca Golden Ceremony.”