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Christians should put survival of the planet ahead of national security...Here is the mystery of our global responsibility: that we are in communion with Christ- and we are in communion with all people...The fact that the people of Nicaragua, Guatemala, El Salvador, Russia, Afghanistan, and Ethiopia are our brothers and sisters is not obvious. People kill each other by the thousands and do not see themselves as brothers and sisters. If we want to be real peace-makers, national security cannot be our primary concern. Our primary concern should be survival of humanity, the survival of the planet, and the health of all people. Whether we are Russians, Iraqis, Ethiopians, or North Americans, we belong to the same human family that God loves. And we have to start taking some risks- not just individually, but risks of a more global quality, risks to let other people develop their own independence, risks to share our wealth with others and invite refugees to our country, risks to offer sanctuary- because we are people of God ↗


— Henri J.M. Nouwen


#communion #global-responsibility #humanity-national-security #family

To lead a country, you must periodically hold a national consultation in which people representing different programmes can make a bid for power. ↗


— Tahar Ben Jelloun


#consultation #country #different #hold #lead

We do not have many intellectuals who can speak out for us internationally. We have no writers who are recognized, respected and loved outside the Arab world. ↗


— Tahar Ben Jelloun


#arab world #intellectuals #internationally #loved #many

We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of generalized mediocrity. We are suspended in the pit without touching the bottom. ↗


— Tahar Ben Jelloun


#because #bottom #generalized #intellectuals #international

In 1980, a nation in need of change selected Ronald Reagan to restore the shine to a tarnished America. ↗


— William L. Jenkins


#change #nation #need #reagan #restore

Now, it is frequently asserted that, with women, the job does not come first. What (people cry) are women doing with this liberty of theirs? What woman really prefers a job to a home and family? Very few, I admit. It is unfortunate that they should so often have to make the choice. A man does not, as a rule, have to choose. He gets both. Nevertheless, there have been women ... who had the choice, and chose the job and made a success of it. And there have been and are many men who have sacrificed their careers for women ... When it comes to a choice, then every man or woman has to choose as an individual human being, and, like a human being, take the consequences. ↗


— Dorothy L. Sayers


#choice #clichés #double-standards #empowerment #feminism

Do we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel? ↗


— Peter Jennings


#elect #feel #how #issues #makes

Whenever one reads of the determination of the species, or opens a book on natural science and history, in whatever language, one inevitably comes across the name of Linne. ↗


— Johannes Vilhelm Jensen


#book #comes #determination #history #inevitably

I feel very giddy with the idea of making my imagination take form and being able to put on a show where people leave feeling like they've experienced something. ↗


— Carly Rae Jepsen


#being #experienced #feel #feeling #form

I think I've done pretty well. I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards, so I don't have any complaints. ↗


— Norman Jewison


#any #awards #complaints #done #films






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