• •The most important life skills are not being taught in schools or by parents (eg. Social intelligence, conflict transformation, relationship building, communications, peacebuilding, etc.)•
• As one of the foremost peace educators in the world, it is clear to us that, in the next twenty years, we’re going to get the society we’re creating now.  But, we have it in our power to build a better world … a world with peace.
• As Leaders in our Communities and Families with a Peace Mission, if we want to increase our success,–
  • Take the time to look at what we are doing now, and–
  • What will we do in the near future, to make it a saner and more socially intelligent place to live for all of us?

  

"...of course the people don't want war.... But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship ...the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country" Hermann Goering, Nazi  [See more shocking quotes.]

                     
“Bush and Blair both have been criticized at home since their WMD claims about Iraq proved false. … In the March 22 memo from (British) Foreign Office political director Ricketts to (British) Foreign Secretary (Jack) Straw, Ricketts outlined how to win public and parliamentary support for a war in Britain: "We have to be convincing that: the threat is so serious/imminent that it is worth sending our troops to die for; it is qualitatively different from the threat posed by other proliferators who are closer to achieving nuclear capability (including Iran)."  Blair's government has been criticized for releasing an intelligence dossier on Iraq before the war that warned Saddam could launch chemical or biological weapons on 45 minutes' notice.”  
Thomas Wagner, The Associated Press, Saturday 18 June 2005  [Editor’s note: the desire for governments and other unscrupulous leaders to manipulate people, will make this particular form of unthinking compliance more and more prevalent in the future. It will be increasingly important for the society, therefore, to understand the how and why of automatic influence.  
We recommend Influence: Science and Practice by Robert B. Cialdini.  5 Start Must Reading .  Click here to see an excellent summary of the book online.  http://www.peace.ca/cialdini_Influence_Sci_Practice.htm ]