"As his colleagues have noted in their tribute to him, it was typical of Leo Ryan's concern for his constituents that he would investigate personally the rumors of mistreatment in Jonestown that reportedly affected so many from his district. Leo Ryan is the 88th recipient of a Congressional Gold Medal and only the 4th Member of Congress to receive this high honor from his colleagues."

-- Leo Ryan

#Honor Quotes #Rumor Quotes #Gold Quotes

“Attachments stir the soul, ignite the emotions. Guard what moves you, reserving that for the truth.”

Source : FaceBook post by Suhaib Webb from Aug 31, 2015
“Put a bridle on thy tongue; set a guard before thy lips, lest the words of thine own mouth destroy thy peace... on much speaking cometh repentance, but in silence is safety.”
“As long as we have a master in heaven, we will be slaves on earth.”

Source : Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bakunin (1980). “Bakunin on anarchism”
“...from schools to universities to research institutes, we teach about origins in disconnected fragments. We seem incapable of offering a unified account of how things came to be the way they are.”

Source : David Christian (2011). “Maps of Time: An Introduction to Big History”, p.2, Univ of California Press
“You know who was on time tonight, which surprised me? Ghostface. Ghostface was early and making calls - what rapper does that?”
“[Recent evidence regarding quantum mechanics is] sufficient to rule out all theological options but one - the Bible's.”
“Muscles aching to work, minds aching to create - this is man.”
“For one thing, before the 20th century, there were plenty of genocides. We tend to forget about them, partly because they weren't as well documented and partly because, until recently, people didn't care. We used euphemisms like 'sackings' and 'sieges' instead of calling them 'genocides.'”

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