"Because the time has come, well and truly come, for all peoples of our great country, for all citizens of our great commonwealth, for all Australians - those who are indigenous and those who are not - to come together to reconcile and together build a new future for our nation."

-- Kevin Rudd

#Country Quotes #Together Quotes #Citizens Quotes

“In your life you only get to do so many things and right now we've chosen to do this, so let's make it great.”
“I spend 60 hours a week on my business but I don't work for a minute. Work is hard. But what I do - writing, speaking, researching, learning, and sharing information - is pure joy. It's what I was called to do.”
“If we really knew what God had for us, we would pray more.”
“So let us call genocide, genocide. Let us not minimize the deliberate murder of 1.5 million people. Let us have a moral victory that can shine as a light to all nations.”
“I would like to be judged on the validity of my arguments, not as a victim.”
“Republicans like Trent Lott, saying [Donald] Trump would be more flexible [then Ted Cruz].”
“The extremists are talking too loudly, and everyone is convinced that only he is on the right side. Itâ€™s not just Jews against Arabs. Itâ€™s the Orthodox versus those who donâ€™t think they can keep all six hundred and thirteen commandments of the Bible. Itâ€™s rich people versus poor people. At some point, something came over Israel so that everyone has his own ideasâ€”and everyone else is an enemy. Itâ€™s a dialogue among deaf people and it is getting more and more serious.”

Source : "The One-state reality" by David Remnick, www.newyorker.com. November 17, 2014.
“When you show deep empathy toward others, their defensive energy goes down, and positive energy replaces it. That's when you can get more creative in solving problems.”

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