{"quotes":[{"text":"Discourse and critical thinking are essential tools when it comes to securing progress in a democratic society. But in the end, unity and engaged participation are what make it happen.","author":"Aberjhani","tags":["2016-presidential-election","civic-duty","cognitive-awareness","conscious-awareness","conscious-mind","consciousness","crowd-sourcing","democracy","democracy-in-action","democratic-societies","dialogue","diversity","donald-trump","engaement","free-speech","freedom","gun-legislation","gun-safety","hillary-clinton","human-rights","love-for-humanity","maintaining-faith","making-a-difference","mindfulness","national-history-day","nonviolent-conflict-resolution","participation","police-culture","police-reform","police-shootings","political-debate","political-dialogues","political-discourse","political-divisions","political-philosophy","postered-poetics-by-aberjhani","racial-violence","social-philosophy","sustainable-humanity","unity","voters","voters-and-voting","voting","waging-peace"],"id":301681,"author_id":"Aberjhani"},{"text":"Individual cultures and ideologies have their appropriate uses but none of them erase or replace the universal experiences, like love and weeping and laughter, common to all human beings.","author":"Aberjhani","tags":["agape-love","angel-art","anti-racism","antiracism","appropriate-application","coexistence","common-ground","cultural-boundaries","cultural-demographics","cultural-differences","cultural-heritage","cultural-literacy","cultural-relativism","demographics","diversity","ending-violent-jihad","ending-war","faith-in-humanity","faith-in-love","human-beings","human-condition","humanity","ideologies","ideology","ideology-religion-war-compromise","interfaith-dialogue","joy","joy-of-life","laughter","love-for-humanity","multiculturalism","multiculturalismo","nonviolent-conflict-resolution","peacism","philosophy-for-millennials","race-relations","racial-division","racial-identity","social-philosophy","sociological-imagination","spiritual-philosophy","universal","universal-love","universal-truths","universality","waging-peace","weeping"],"id":377067,"author_id":"Aberjhani"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":2,"pages":1}}