Tag: Nelson Mandela
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The foolishness of the Ukraine crisis in Europe, with a possible solution
“There is no honourable way to kill, no gentle way to destroy. There is nothing good in war. Except it’s ending.” – Abraham Lincoln. Ordinary citizens in both Europe, Ukraine and Russia don’t want war. It’s rarely that people want war. Propaganda, however, can accelerate sentiments in different and sometimes sinister ways, as often shown…
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WHO ARE WE, – AND WHAT COULD WE BECOME??
If life has thrown stuff on your plate which was not of your making, and even when there have been times that you wish you could escape from it, the memory of people whom you love dearly and with whom you feel loved as well, – keeps you balanced the pathway you have to follow,…
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To Cheapen The Civil Rights Of Any Group Of Citizens May Cheapen The Lives Of All Citizens..
“…………..each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation” – “If we believe that we, as Americans, are bound together by a common concern for each other, then an urgent national priority is upon us. We…
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WE have a DREAM
“No matter what people tell, – your words and ideas can change the world.” -Robin Williams – -> “It is never my custom to use words lightly.. If 27 years in prison have done anything to us, it was to use the silence of solitude to make us understand how precious words are…
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Decisions in 2014
“Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you are alive it isn’t – Richard Bach – “By this means you will acquire the glory of the whole world.” – The Emerald Tablet (Aprox 3000 –5000 BC) – > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvZYhxT5Mf8 << Vivaldi‘s Gloria >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You can still…
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Christmas of the best kind?
“Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.” – –Calvin Coolidge ->> “He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.” -Roy L.Smith ->>> “Happy, happy…
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To Cross The Waves Of Time..
“I look up to the people who keep dancing even after the music has stopped, because those are the people who keep on trying even after all hope is lost” – unknown origin “If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner” —Nelson…
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To sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression against human rights and injustice, and create the biggest movement on earth
– “Each time a man stands up for an ideal or act to improve the lot of others, or strikes against injustice, he sends a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million centres of energy and daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of…
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The Art of Leadership and Lessons from the Past – Nelson Mandela
NELSON MANDELA “I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be,…
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Let’s take the torch forward
Good evening – or good morning – wherever you are at this hour. – Wherever you might be in your life, or wherever you will be in the future, – the future being the most important thing for all of us. The future we all cherish, – if we still have dreams or things to do.…