"If I've got any small role in this matter, it's to say to Scots Americans: under no circumstances make Donald Trump President of the United States of America."

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Source : "Hillary Clinton emotional but makes call for unity under Donald Trump's presidency in concession speech" by Barney Henderson, Harriet Alexander, David Lawler and Rob Crilly, www.telegraph.co.uk. November 10, 2016.

Alex Salmond

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“A gospel that doesn't deal with the issues of the day is not the gospel at all.”
“The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth.”
“For love is mor than gold or gret richesse; Gold faileth ofte; love wol abyde.”

Source : John Lydgate (2001). “The Siege of Thebes”, Western Michigan Univ Medieval
“We both liked children; we just didn't want any ourselves. There were children everywhere, and we saw no reason to start our own brand. Young couples plunge into parenthood and about half the time they end up with some ghastly problem on their hands. We thought we'd leave that to others.”

Source : Thomas McGuane (2015). “Crow Fair: Stories”, p.82, Vintage
“In some states, it is illegal to turn down a same-sex couple when you're placing children for adoption. That's discrimination. But in the Catholic church, the sacrament of marriage is defined officially as the union of a man and a woman. So a Catholic adoption agency is torn between its faith doctrine and what it sees as a faith obligation to help orphans.”
“There's a few tunes of mine that don't have jokes, but most of them have a joke and they have a humorous point of view somewhere.”
“It seems to me that everyone on this planet whom I know or have worked with is suffering from self-hatred and guilt to one degree or another. The more self-hatred and guilt we have, the less our lives work. The less self-hatred and guilt we have, the better our lives work, on all levels.”
“There is also a great deal of behind-the-scenes pressure from political funders too. And by funders I don't just mean the fossil fuel industry. Many of those exerting pressure on our society to ignore climate change, oppose climate change legislation, and shut down efforts to develop a clean energy economy are doing so out of ideology, not just economics. In the simplest terms, many large industries don't want the government telling them what to do with their businesses and they don't want any restrictions on what they can and cannot do, which includes polluting our shared environment.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com

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