Doris "Granny D" Haddock: There Are Two Kinds of Politics in the World — The Politics of Love and the Politics of Fear

Granny D is among my beloved heroines and

inspirations. Blessed are the courageous ones who

inform and inspire us to never give up in the struggle 

for peace, truth, justice, and love. — Molly

 Love Is the Better Use of a Life

and Other Wise Quotes From Granny D

Courage is freedom, and freedom is joy. Be fully who you are, letting the world get used to you — it will! Find a loving community of friends who support your ever-flowering growth, which is a lifetime proposition.

Democracy is not something we have. It's something we do.

There are two kinds of politics in the world: the politics of love and the politics of fear.

 

If we Americans are split into two meaningful camps, it is not conservative versus liberal. The two camps are the politically awake and the hypnotized.

Do you realize that $150 billion of our tax money is given to the corporations, unions and wealthy people for tax breaks, special subsidies and special regulations? That money would be available for health and education and building bridges.

I'm not against the corporations. They are our wealth. But they are getting too greedy. I don't want to do away with corporations. I want them to make our cars, however, not our laws. 

Think of the millions of young men who died fighting for democracy. We spit on their graves when we let democracy slip away into the sewer of illegal money. 

Just as an unbalanced mind can accumulate stresses that can grow and take on a life of their own, so little decisions of our modern life can accumulate to the point where our society finds itself bombing other people for their oil, or supporting dictators who torture whole populations — all so that our unbalanced interests might be served. 

We have a duty to look after each other. If we lose control of our government, then we lose our ability to dispense justice and human kindness. Our first priority today, then, is to defeat utterly those forces of greed and corruption that have come between us and our self-governance. 

Never be discouraged from being an activist because people tell you that you'll not succeed. You have already succeeded if you're out there representing truth or justice or compassion or fairness or love. 

Love is about cooperation, sharing and inclusion. It is about the elevation of each individual to a life neither suppressed nor exploited, but instead nourished to rise to its full potential — a life for its own sake and so that we may all benefit by the gift of that life.

Life is a difficult choice between our loves and our fears. Love is the better use of a life, if you can find the courage for it. Love is hard, brave work, while fear is too easy — it is an early grave of comfy chairs and magazines and wasted heartbeats and hormones. 

Let us choose life and love, and happily use our selves up in loving service to one another.