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When we realize the degree of agency we actually do have, we no longer have to "hope" at all. We simply do the work.

— Derrick Jensen

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If your community is founded on an injustice, that injustice cannot be questioned.

The Culture of Make Believe (2003)

From the beginning, this culture - civilization - has been a culture of occupation.

Endgame (2006)

To believe Christianity stands in opposition to slavery is at best to think anachronistically and at worst to not understand Christianity.

The Culture of Make Believe (2003)

From the perspective of those who are entitled, the problems begin when those they despise do not go along with--and have the power and wherewithal to not go along with--the perceived entitlement.

The Culture of Make Believe (2003)

I quit work two weeks later--having sold another eighty of my hours--and knew I could never again work a regular job.

A Language Older Than Words (2000)

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