"So our own actions sometimes have undermined our safety, in our efforts to fight terrorism. The only way this can work is if we are aligned with liberals, with moderate Muslim forces. But if our war on terrorism is seen - as it is seen by many Muslims - as a war on Islam itself, it's very hard for us to have Muslim alliances, because America and the West have become so toxic."

-- Yaroslav Trofimov

#War Quotes #Fighting Quotes #America Quotes

“Yet you could feel a vibration in the air, a sense of hastening. It had started with the moon, inaccessible poem that it was. Now men had walked upon it, rubber treads on a pearl of the gods. Perhaps it was an awareness of time passing, the last summer of the decade. Sometimes I just wanted to raise my hands and stop. But stop what? Maybe just growing up.”
“Self-definition and self-determination is about the many varied decisions that we make to compose and journey toward ourselves, about the audacity and strength to proclaim, create, and evolve into who we know ourselves to be. Itâ€™s okay if your personal definition is in a constant state of flux as you navigate the world.”

Source : Janet Mock (2014). “Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More”, p.172, Simon and Schuster
“The lowest and most level land areas show us, especially when we dig there to very great depths, nothing but horizontal layers of material more or less varied, which almost all contain innumerable products of the sea.”
“I am more interested in the purpose of government than its mechanics-though the means should at least be good enough to lead to the ends desired.”
“Somewhere along the line, many Americans relegated the media to a notch on the morality scale only slightly above that of child molesters.”
“The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak.”
“Friendship is one of the grand fundamental principles of â€œMormonismâ€; [it is designed] to revolutionize and civilize the world, and cause wars and contentions to cease and men to become friends and brothers”
“On the other hand, in a society whose communication component is becoming more prominent day by day, both as a reality and as an issue, it is clear that language assumes a new importance.”

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