A Short Poem for a Thesis

[jessica_ramos]

I want to make a very short opening statement in a poetic or indirect way. It's for a thesis where one is expected to be technical, but of course creative writing should at least take some part. BTW it's about political philosophy. Thanks
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Religion and Politics

A government of any kind cannot support tolerance of faith if that republic employs those men conservatively favoring one. Their views, therefore, would be inevitable to conform to their faiths which will indirectly show its hostility towards any religious system aside from theirs.

What can You say?

[Todd]

Hi Jessica, welcome to the forum. Are you looking to condense the ideas in this paragraph into a poetic statement, or are you looking to lead with a poetic statement that will serve as a topic sentence for this paragraph?

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If its a lead in, maybe:

Could you imagine the Taliban ruling Jerusalem, or Fundamentalist Christians leading prayers in Mecca or Salt Lake City? Religious tolerance cannot be fostered from the extremes.

I don't know. Something like that maybe. It would also work with the religious tolerance statement first followed by those or any other similar questions.

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You could also lead with something like this. If Jerry Falwell were the only one to vote for gay marriage, would it pass. Or any thing else that might make the reader engage more.

[jessica_ramos]

Thanks for replying Todd! It is not going to be used for a lead, it is just a statement after the introduction. It has nothing to do to the thesis as far as technicality is concerned, but it does have some relevance on the topic. Anyway I would just like to use it as a kind of a quote before presenting thesis body. Is it fine?

[Todd]

Maybe something simple:

Tolerance will not grow in a field of tyranny