#nation

God is concerned with nations, but nations also need to be concerned with God. No nation can have a monopoly on God, but God will bless any nation whose people seek and honor His will as revealed by Christ and declared through the Holy Spirit. ↗

— John Haggai

#any #bless #christ #concerned #declared

The fact that the church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly ordination on women is now considered by some as irreconcilable with the European Constitution. ↗

— Joseph Ratzinger

#confer #considered #constitution #convinced #european

To me, it's far more efficient to mobilize the imagination. It's far more efficient to hear a creaking step, for example, than to see the face of a monster, which usually looks ridiculous, and where you know that the blood is ketchup. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#efficient #example #face #far #for example

Unless we have a well-educated people, we're vulnerable on our national security. ↗

— Mark Hatfield

#national #national security #our #people #security

Not only must Americans admire Israel, there can be no doubt that we have an interest in, and special responsibility for, that valiant nation. ↗

— George Ball

#doubt #interest #israel #must #nation

Even the National Bank of Romania doesn't have the huge resources needed to intervene in the market and keep the leu at an acceptable level, because they're drawing close to a floor below which the bank's reserves can't drop. The central bank has to wait for a moment of calm to efficiently conduct its interventions. ↗

— Traian Basescu

#bank #because #below #calm #central

My family thought the fascination with acting was just another fad. ↗

— Sean Bean

#another #fad #family #fascination #just

For a man to come right out and say he does not believe in the Old Testament, I think many Catholics across the nation as well as the world are offended by Bill O'Reilly claiming he's an Irish Catholic. ↗

— Stephen Bennett

#believe #bill #catholic #catholics #claiming

Even as individuals become families and families become communities, and communities become nations, so eventually must the nations draw together in peace. ↗

— Marjorie Watts

#c-a-dawson-scott #communities #humanity #individuals #international-relations

When I was a kid, we had to rely on our imaginations for entertainment. ↗

— Terry Brooks

#had #i #imaginations #kid #our