We are on the verge of celebrating the greatest abdication of power in the history of the universe. This speech (full text here) is an amazing treatment of the human attitude toward power and serves as a perfect backdrop to consider God's attitude toward it.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Václav Havel - power
"Why is it that people long for political power, and why, when they have achieved it, are they so reluctant to give it up?" (Václav Havel, acceptance speech for the Sonning Prize given for his contribution to European civilization)
We are on the verge of celebrating the greatest abdication of power in the history of the universe. This speech (full text here) is an amazing treatment of the human attitude toward power and serves as a perfect backdrop to consider God's attitude toward it.
We are on the verge of celebrating the greatest abdication of power in the history of the universe. This speech (full text here) is an amazing treatment of the human attitude toward power and serves as a perfect backdrop to consider God's attitude toward it.
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