"It is a commonplace that the League of Nations is not yet-what its most enthusiastic protagonists intended it to be"

-- Hjalmar Branting

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“Jesus' life and words are a challenge at the same time that they are Good News. They are a challenge to those of us who are poor and oppressed. By His life He is calling us to give ourselves to others, to sacrifice for those who suffer, to share our lives with our brothers and sisters who are also oppressed. He is calling us to "hunger and thirst after justice" in the same way that we hunger and thirst after food and water: that is, by putting our yearning into practice.”
“We need to make the world safe for creativity and intuition, for it's creativity and intuition that will make the world safe for us.”
“One Power alone makes a Poet: Imagination. The Divine Vision.”
“One never knows when one is old for certain.”

Source : Enid Bagnold (1970). “Four plays”
“Donald Trump brought up the issue of the birth certificate and it's getting huge buzz around the country. Even Chris Matthews has called for, you know, the birth certificate to be released. Why can't they just release the birth certificate, you know, and just move on?”
“In my own work I am invested in art as a way to break through impasses, whether those impasses are personal, social, or political.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I am proud that I defy your categories. I am proud that I don't fit easily into any box. I am proud of all the things I am and all the things i can be. Question yourself every time you think you only see one thing in me.”
“I'm not at all against white people adopting black children, because we're all human beings who need to give love and be nurtured in safety, but I do think it's better to be adopted by blacks.”

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