Negatives Cannot Cast Out Negatives

“What we need is a program or movement based on what we believe in rather than on the things to which we are opposed… Negatives cannot cast out negatives. Fear will never rid the world of fear. We must begin to base our actions solely on what we know to be right, not on expediency.”

— James E. Bristol, 1961
Quaker peace activist

Base your actions on what you know to be right, not on expediency.

When you are in a position of power, how do you stay open to truth from all sources?

When have you had to hear a hard truth?

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  • James E. Bristol (1912-1992) started working for the AFSC in 1947 after serving time in prison as a conscientious objector. He became director of the Quaker Center in New Deli in 1957 and accompanied the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King when they made their historic trip to India.

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