Thursday 20 June 2013

JC et al.--Living in Truth 9

Speaking Truth to Power
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“Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall….Yes, across Europe, this wall will fall, for it cannot withstand faith; it cannot withstand truth. The wall cannot withstand freedom.” US President Ronald Reagan, at the Brandenburg Gate, 12 June 1987

"There are many people in the world who really don't understand, or say they don't, what is the great issue between the free world and the Communist world. Let them come to Berlin. There are some who say that communism is the wave of the future. Let them come to Berlin. And there are some who say in Europe and elsewhere we can work with the Communists. Let them come to Berlin. And there are even a few who say that it is true that communism is an evil system, but it permits us to make economic progress. Lass'sie nach Berlin kommen. Let them come to Berlin." US President John Kennedy,  West Berlin, 26 June 1963
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For throughout all this history, the fate of this city came down to a simple question:  Will we live free or in chains? Under governments that uphold our universal rights, or regimes that suppress them? In open societies that respect the sanctity of the individual and our free will, or in closed societies that suffocate the soul?” US President Barak Omama, Brandenburg Gate, 19 June 2013. Read his speech here: 
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/06/19/remarks-president-obama-brandenburg-gate-berlin-germany

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“Don’t be intimidated. Eventually everything is going to be out in the open, and everyone will know how things really are. So don’t hesitate to go public now. Don’t be bluffed into silence by the threats of bullies. There’s nothing they can do to your soul, your core being. Save your fear for God, who holds your entire life—body and soul—in his hands." 
Jesus Christ, Matthew 10: 24-27, The Message

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