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- Frequently people think compassion and love are merely sentimental. No! They are very demanding. If you are going to be compassionate, be prepared for action.
- When people were hungry, Jesus didn't say, "Now is that political, or social?" He said, "I feed you." Because the good news to a hungry…
- Twenty-five years ago people could be excused for not knowing much, or doing much, about climate change. Today we have no excuse. No more can…
- Israel will never get true security and safety through oppressing another people. A true peace can ultimately be built only on justice. We condemn the…
- True forgiveness deals with the past, all of the past, to make the future possible. We cannot go on nursing grudges even vicariously for those…
- Bringing people together is what i call 'ubuntu,' which means 'I am because we are.' Far too often people think of themselves as just individuals,…
- Many people ask me what I have learned from all of the experiences in my life, and I say unhesitatingly: People are wonderful. It is…
- When people decide they want to be free, there is nothing that can stop them.
- It was Christians, you know, not Pagans, who were responsible for the Holocaust. It was Christians, not Pagans, who lynched people here in the South,…
- There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why…
- And you remember the rainbow in the Bible is the sign of peace. The rainbow is the sign of prosperity. We want peace, prosperity and…
- Nuclear abolition is the democratic wish of the world's people, and has been our goal almost since the dawn of the atomic age. Together, we…
- I have heard and seen many examples of the cruelty that we are able to visit on one another during my time. . . I…
- This is a moral universe, which means that despite all the evidence that seems to be to the contrary, there is no way that evil…
- One of the ways of helping to destroy a people is to tell them they don't have a history that they have no roots.
- My flock is black, my flock is white. One has got to say to our people, "I love you. I care for you, enormously." And…
- We used to say to the apartheid government: you may have the guns, you may have all this power, but you have already lost. Come:…
- Freedom and liberty lose out by default because good people are not vigilant.
- At home in South Africa I have sometimes said in big meetings where you have black and white together: 'Raise your hands!' Then I have…
- We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft spot for sinners. His standards are quite low.
- Isn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?
- People often speak of God being even-handed. God is not even-handed. God is biased, in favor of the weak, of the despised.
- Many people would be surprised that, in fact, I'm quite shy.
- I certainly know that I would not be able to survive if it were not for the fact that I am being upheld by the…
- When you think of the sort of things that happen when a genocide happens, it's again not people who are intrinsically evil.
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- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- Aside from a handful of guys boxing is missing the good trainers, that's why our sport is so in the air now… — Alexis Arguello
- I work with really hard-working people who are really good at what they do. — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle