#tho

The Catholic Church made a serious mistake when they started caring about how many people are in the pews. ↗

— Michel Templet

#philosphy #religion #religion

I had seen the films out of World War II, the great 82nd Airborne, the 101st, and all of those of you in the greatest generation and the service that you had provided. ↗

— Hugh Shelton

#generation #great #greatest #greatest generation #had

Therefore God is one, if that which admits of so great power can be nothing else: and yet those who deem that there are many gods, say that they have divided their functions among themselves; but we will discuss all these matters at their proper places. ↗

— Lactantius

#deem #discuss #divided #else #functions

Gout produces calculus in the kidney... the patient has frequently to entertain the painful speculation as to whether gout or stone be the worst disease. Sometimes the stone, on passing, kills the patient, without waiting for the gout. ↗

— Thomas Sydenham

#disease #entertain #frequently #gout #kidney

Although my early equipment was very modest, later I made my own and they were more powerful. ↗

— Clyde Tombaugh

#early #equipment #i #later #made

Because the time has come, well and truly come, for all peoples of our great country, for all citizens of our great commonwealth, for all Australians - those who are indigenous and those who are not - to come together to reconcile and together build a new future for our nation. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#because #build #citizens #come #commonwealth

I am determined to honour the confidence which has been extended to us by the people of our great land. And I say to all of those who have voted for us today, I say to each and every one of them that I will be a prime minister for all Australians. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#australians #been #by the people #confidence #determined

I conclude where I began, I was elected by the people of Australia to do a job. I was not elected by the factional leaders of Australia, of the Australian Labor Party to do a job - though they may be seeking to do a job on me, that's a separate matter. The challenge therefore is to honour the mandate given to me by the Australian people. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#australian #began #by the people #challenge #conclude

The Apology opened the opportunity for a new relationship based on mutual respect and mutual responsibility between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia. Because without mutual respect and mutual responsibility, the truth is we can achieve very little. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#apology #australia #based #because #between

The stability of global financial markets is a public good. If governments fail to protect this public good, then those who suffer are the working people of the world whose jobs, whose homes, and whose standard of living depends on it. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#fail #financial #financial markets #global #good