Winning and achieving success through unsustainable practices, reckless fiscal policies, and a lack of concern for the welfare of people—especially the vulnerable—is not winning or true success.
This kind of "winning" ultimately leads to catastrophic disasters, economic downturns, and inevitable family tragedies.
Thank you to everyone who attempted to address the madness and the disregard for our most vulnerable populations.
Hopefully we can eventually move beyond the power struggles that cause harm and the callous indifference toward the suffering of the less fortunate.
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Christians without charity are hypocrites without compassion and without Christ.
Love soars on angels' wings, transforming the world with a rainbow of wonders.
It inspires children to sing songs of hope and peace, planting seeds of kindness and amazing grace.
Gentle, warm, and calming in its compassionate empathy, love quietly lifts up the human race.
Love lights the world, guides and paves the way through the darkness to help find redemption at day's end and salvation at the close of the night.
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Rest In Peace with Love on Angel's Wings
One of Dumbledore's most powerful quotes about love is: "Do not pity the dead, Harry.
Pity the living, and, above all, those who live without love.”*
“This quote emphasizes the importance of love and compassion, suggesting that those who lack love experience a deeper form of suffering than those who have passed away.”*
Another meaningful quote from Dumbledore states, "Those that we love never truly leave us, Harry.
There are things that death cannot touch. Paint...and memory...and love."*
“This quote reminds us that love transcends death and continues to exist in our hearts and memories.”*
*From Google AI, Dumbledore quotes on love; Harry Potter excerpts.
Thank you for your contributions to freedom and justice. Thank you.
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
— James Baldwin
“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.”
— Ida B. Wells-Barnett
“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
— Frederick Douglass
“I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free… so other people would be also free.”
— Rosa Parks
“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.”
– Archbishop Desmond Tutu
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She was a dedicated individual who served as a Sunday school teacher, a mother of two, an attorney, and the State Speaker of the House.
Tragically, she and her husband were assassinated in a senseless act of political violence and cowardice.
The perpetrator was a coward driven by ignorance and acted out of hatred, failing to represent the people or offer constructive solutions—only criticism and hate.
Progress cannot be achieved through lies, slander, and negativity.
True advancement requires positive actions and constructive solutions.
Regardless of individual political beliefs, the creation of laws and guiding principles is a process that transcends mere political identity.
Therefore, despite any existing discord, progress can only be made by addressing issues with wise policies and engaging in respectful discourse.
Rest in peace, Melissa Anne Hortman—a wise leader, a problem solver, a dedicated public servant, and a true American patriot.
Rest in peace, Mark Hortman, husband of Melissa Hortman.
Rest in peace, Gilbert, the golden retriever, did not survive the attack.
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We extend our deepest sympathies to the families affected by tragedies, especially those caused by acts of violence driven by hate, fear, and ignorance.
Violence has no place in civil or political discourse.
Yesterday's early morning tragedy in Minnesota involving State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband should never occur again to any lawmaker, regardless of their political affiliation.
Let us act with determination, honor, and peace as we work to resolve the challenges facing our world.
We must provide solutions that truly address the problems we face, rather than simply masking them or resorting to violence and ignorance.
Violence does not solve anything.
This is not who we are, and it is not who we should aspire to be.
Let us strive then to be peacemakers and honor our forefathers who sacrificed and gave their lives for peace, for freedom, and for democracy.
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In love and in life one must learn to give and receive, not give and take.
For only when we give love can we receive love and live a wonderful Life, even in the darkest of times.
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Anne Frank Quotes:
“I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.”
“I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquillity will return again.”
“I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness;
I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too.
I feel the suffering of millions.
And yet, when I look up at the sky,
I somehow feel that everything will change for the better,
that this cruelty too shall end,
that peace and tranquility will return once more.”
“Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.”
“In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.”
“The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.”
“He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!”
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