"My view of Bradley Manning is that he's a very courageous young man who... did what I didn't have the guts to do during the Vietnam war."

-- Ray McGovern

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“To be Christian is to be obliged to engage the world, pursuing Godâ€™s restorative purposes over all of life,”

Source : James Davison Hunter (2010). “To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World”, p.4, Oxford University Press
“States and counties routinely bear the costs associated with incarcerating undocumented criminal aliens once they enter the criminal justice system.”
“I owe my whole acting career to the fact that I'm a singer. I went out to Los Angeles and auditioned for a TV show called 'Fame L.A.' The original role was for a comedian, but they said I wasn't very funny, so they asked me, 'What else can you do?' So I played a singer.”
“We don't live in Disneyland. We live in blood and in time, not in Fantasyland. We live in a tragic world.”
“In these times of stress, snark, division and despair, I still suspect that two of the most important features we possess are imagination and a capacity for goodness. Those are qualities for which we will be remembered most fondly.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There's no faster way or surer way to consolidate power and disenfranchise critics than to operate in secret. So this plays squarely into the promotion of the unitary executive. That's one factor.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved.”
“I believe this. When we meet those we fall in love with, there is an aspect of our spirit that is historian, a bit of a pedant who reminisces or remembers a meeting when the other has passed by innocentlyâ€¦but all parts of the body must be ready for the other, all atoms must jump in one direction for desire to occur.”

Source : FaceBook post by Michael Ondaatje from Jan 09, 2013

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