If you believe that saying no will get you shot, well, what a fine way to go.
Change from the top down happens at the will and whim of those below.
Why do anything unless it is going to be great?
Questions draw us together. Answers push us apart.
The price of change is measured by our will and courage, our persistence, in the face of difficulty.
If we believe something does not exist unless we measure it, then we put aside: love, feeling, intuition, art and philosophy.