"I grew up in Derry, of course, and it was - Derry was the worst example of Northern Ireland's discrimination."

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Source : "Ireland's Champion of Civil Rights". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 8, 2002.

John Hume

#Example Quotes #Discrimination Quotes #Grew Up Quotes

“We're not going to do anything different for this game since we're not treating this game any different than another game. Every game is a championship game for us, so we'll treat this one, the last one and the next one exactly the same. And that goes for our practices leading up to it as well.”
“The very essence of martial arts is the thirst for knowledge and the truth about ourselves.”
“A man hath riches. Whence came they, and whither go they? for this is the way to form a judgment of the esteem which they and their possessor deserve. If they have been acquired by fraud or violence, if they make him proud and vain, if they minister to luxury and intemperance, if they are avariciously hoarded up and applied to no proper use, the possessor becomes odious and contemptible.”

Source : John Jortin (1787). “Sermons on Different Subjects: By the Late Reverend John Jortin, ...”, p.75
“What is the gospel itself but a merciful moderation, in which Christ's obedience is esteemed ours, and our sins laid upon him, wherein God, from being a judge, becomes our Father, pardoning our sins and accepting our obedience, though feeble and blemished? We are now brought to heaven under the covenant of grace by a way of love and mercy.”

Source : Richard Sibbes (2015). “Complete Works of Richard Sibbes: (7 Volume Set)”, p.66, Titus Books
“Truth is born into this world only with pangs and tribulations, and every fresh truth is received unwillingly. To expect the world to receive a new truth, or even an old truth, without challenging it, is to look for one of those miracles which do not occur.”
“Well, while I didn't have the more extreme experiences of some of my characters, I didn't exactly come from the most normal of households. Or rather, it was normal, in that dysfunctional families appear to be the norm.”
“One of the only coherent philosophical positions is thus revolt. It is a constant confrontation between man and his own obscurity.”
“We are very concerned all the time with figuring out new technologies and advances in science, but really [while] our future is dependent on science and progress, it's not less dependent on the way we treat each other.”

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