#era

We worked to develop our own operations to advance U.S. counterterrorism objectives by penetrating terrorist safe havens and collecting intelligence that would inform policy and enable our own operations. ↗

— Cofer Black

#collecting #counterterrorism #develop #enable #havens

I do not at all have the mind of a bully... in my mind bullies are intolerant of contrary opinion, domineering and rather cowardly. I would hope that none of those terms could be fairly used in describing me. ↗

— Conrad Black

#bully #contrary #could #cowardly #describing

I'm not saying that people have to listen to rock music. It's a great, cool thing and it can really be liberating for a lot of people but, hey, so can Charles Dickens so I'm not going to judge. ↗

— Frank Black

#cool #cool thing #dickens #going #great

For humanism also appeals to man as man. It seeks to liberate the universal qualities of human nature from the narrow limitations of blood and soil and class and to create a common language and a common culture in which men can realize their common humanity. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#appeals #blood #class #common #common language

American literature has never been content to be just one among the many literatures of the Western World. It has always aspired to be the literature not only of a new continent but of a New World. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#american #american literature #among #aspired #been

Every great movement in the history of Western civilization from the Carolingian age to the nineteenth century has been an international movement which owed its existence and its development to the cooperation of many different peoples. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#been #century #civilization #cooperation #development

They're a different generation, those kids; kids that are under the age of twelve. They're not that impressed by rock music, you know what I mean? They're like, it's cool and everything, but whatever. They're just as impressed by YouTube. ↗

— Frank Black

#cool #different #everything #generation #i

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part of the right of free speech. It embraces freedom of the press. ↗

— Hugo Black

#criticism #embraces #finds #free #free speech

This future is ours to embrace. Whether we, the established generations, choose to accept that is in our court. ↗

— Rosario Dawson

#choose #court #embrace #established #future

When we have spiritual reading at meals, when we have the rosary at night, when we have study groups, forums, when we go out to distribute literature at meetings, or sell it on the street corners, Christ is there with us. ↗

— Dorothy Day

#corners #distribute #forums #go #groups