I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think.
We have a complex system of government. You have to teach it to every generation.
I choose my words very delicately because I have a divided society.
We tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has.
Political chaos is connected with the decay of language... one can probably bring about some improvement by starting at the verbal end.
There are times when the power of language is not the power that is needed.
The words are ludicrous at times, but you add the reality to it and that gives it the balance it has.
As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate, action: you liberate a city by destroying it. Words are to confuse, so that at election time people will solemnly vote against their own interests.
In a divided government, you can't just say, 'It's my way or the highway.'
I don't think that people in power can be convinced by words or articles. They will never give it up by choice.