"When ISIS last year called for the destruction of the Yazidi people, President Obama said that would constitute genocide and he ordered U.S. forces to keep it from happening. Human rights advocates say Christians now face a similar threat Nina Shea directs the Center for Religious Freedom at the Hudson Institute."

-- Tom Gjelten

#Christian Quotes #Religious Quotes #Rights Quotes

“I have come to believe that if two people are prepared to make a lifetime commitment to love and care for each other in good times and in bad, the government shouldn't deny them the opportunity to get married”

Source : "Slowly, GOP shifting on same-sex marriage" by Margaret Hoover, www.cnn.com. March 21, 2013.
“Sometimes you must lose everything to gain it again, and the regaining is the sweeter for the pain of loss.”
“If I ever went, I'd want to go peacefully in my sleep. I wouldn't want to plan my own death.”
“Arithmetic! Algebra! Geometry! Grandiose trinity! Luminous triangle! Whoever has not known you is without sense!”
“The greater the difficulty to be overcome, the more will it be seen to the glory of God how much can be done by prayer and faith.”
“I think it is not only important that people go to the Anne Frank House to see the secret annex, but also that they are helped to realise that people are also persecuted today because of their race, religion or political convictions.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“For a long time, I debated about whether I would make movies or join the circus and work as a clown.”
“There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized until personal experience has brought it home.”

Source : John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, John Troyer (2003). “The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill”, p.183, Hackett Publishing

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