#amen

The attractive idea that we can now have a parliament of man with authority to control the conduct of nations by legislation or an international police force with power to enforce national conformity to rules of right conduct is a counsel of perfection. ↗

— Elihu Root

#authority #conduct #conformity #control #counsel

Conception, my boy, fundamental brain work, is what makes all the difference in art. ↗

— Dante Gabriel Rossetti

#boy #brain #conception #difference #fundamental

We raised almost 2 million dollars at the last golf tournament that can be used for minority scholarships and Junior Golf programs. The payoff for the work we do is so much more valuable than the work we actually do for it. ↗

— Darius Rucker

#almost #dollars #golf #golf tournament #junior

As nations we should also commit afresh to righting past wrongs. In Australia we began this recently with the first Australians - the oldest continuing culture in human history. On behalf of the Australian Parliament, this year I offered an apology to indigenous Australians for the wrongs they had suffered in the past. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#also #apology #australia #australian #australians

Building a new Health and Hospitals Network is fundamental to building a stronger and fairer Australia. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#building #fairer #fundamental #health #hospitals

We apologise for the laws and policies of successive parliaments and governments that have inflicted profound grief, suffering and loss on these our fellow Australians. We apologise especially for the removal of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from their families, their communities and their country. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#apologise #australians #children #communities #country

We have used the presence of UNMIK, as well as other European and American agencies to establish a legal framework compatible with the European Union and that is already an advantage. We have seen the positive effects of this and our parliament will continue to go this way. ↗

— Ibrahim Rugova

#agencies #already #american #compatible #continue

In the New Testament, religion is grace and ethics is gratitude. ↗

— Thomas Erskine

#grace #gratitude #new #new testament #religion

Motherhood changed me because it is so fundamental what you're doing for another person. And you are able to do even though it takes a lot. ↗

— Meg Ryan

#another #because #changed #doing #even

The New Testament presents, in its way, the same union of the divine and human as the person of Christ. In this sense also 'the word became flesh, and dwells among us.' ↗

— Philip Schaff

#among #became #christ #divine #dwells