U.S. Strategic Command, Twitter,
December 31, 2018“#TimesSquare tradition rings in the #NewYear
by dropping the big ball…if ever needed,
we are #ready to drop something much, much bigger.”
“Seek peace and pursue it.”
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Biblical Reflections for U.S. Leaders
"As for God, his way is perfect: The Lord’s word is flawless." Psalm 18:30
Associated Press, December 24, 2018
“More than 14,000 migrant toddlers, children and teens
will spend Christmas in U.S. government detention
and processing centers across the country.”
‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do
for one of the least of these,
you did not do for me.’
Pope Francis, December 25, 2018
“My wish for a happy Christmas is a wish for fraternity.
Fraternity among individuals of every nation and culture.
Fraternity among people with different ideas,
yet capable of respecting and listening to one another.”
“There is neither Jew nor Greek,
there is neither slave nor free,
there is no male and female,
for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
NBC News/Wall Street Journal Survey,
December 16, 2018“Six in 10 Americans say President Donald Trump
has been untruthful about the investigation into
Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.”
“The Lord detests lying lips”
Michael Cohen, December 14, 2018
“The man doesn’t tell the truth.
And it is sad that I should take responsibility for his dirty deeds.”
“Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness,
but instead expose them.”
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres,
December 8, 2018“All human beings must have their human rights respected
and their dignity upheld. To deny this and to vilify any group of people
is the road to dehumanization and horror.
We must not succumb to fear or false narratives.”
“There is neither Jew nor Gentile,
neither slave nor free,
nor is there male and female,
for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York,
December 7, 2018““[Michael] Cohen’s criminal violations of the federal election laws
were also stirred, like his other crimes,
by his own ambition and greed.”
“For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world
and forfeit his soul?”
President George H. W. Bush,
Inaugural Address, January 20, 1989
“For we are given power not to advance our own purposes,
nor to make a great show in the world, nor a name.
There is but one just use of power, and it is to serve people.”
“The greatest among you should be like the youngest,
and the one who rules like the one who serves.”
Donald Trump,
October 24, 2016
“I have nothing to do with Russia, folks!”
“ ‘You shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another.’ ”
U.S. Fourth National Climate Assessment,
November 23, 2018“Observations collected around the world provide significant,
clear, and compelling evidence that global average temperature
is much higher, and is rising more rapidly,
than anything modern civilization has experienced”
“Then God said, ‘Let us make man…
to be the master of all life upon the earth
and in the skies and in the seas.’ “
President Donald Trump,
November 27, 2018“I have a gut, and my gut tells me more sometimes
than anybody else’s brain can ever tell me.”
“Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought,
but rather think of yourself with sober judgment“
Save the Children, November 20, 2018
“An estimated 85,000 children under five
may have died from extreme hunger or
disease since the war in Yemen escalated.”
“Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker,
but whoever is kind to the needy honors God.“
Health and Human Services Department,
November 20, 2018“More than 140 migrant children
[that were separated from their parents] are still in U.S. custody.”
” ‘See that you do not despise one of these little ones.’ “
President Donald Trump,
November 20, 2018“King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman
vigorously deny any knowledge of the planning or execution
of the murder of Mr. Khashoggi.”
“Whoever says to the guilty, ‘You are innocent,’
will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.”
Federal Bureau of Investigations,
November 13, 2018“Hate crime reports increased 17 percent last year from 2016.”
“Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters.”
David Beasley, U.N. World Food Programme,
November 15, 2018“I was in the hospital [in Yemen this week],
seeing children literally dying before my very eyes.”
” ‘For I was hungry and you gave me food,
I was thirsty and you gave me drink’ “
James K. Glassman, George W. Bush Institute, October 27, 2018
“It’s very hard to think of a president in American history
who has been as aggressively divisive as this one
and who has shown essentially no moral leadership.”
“Warn a divisive person once, and then warn them a second time.
After that, have nothing to do with them.”
Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger III,
October 29, 2018“To navigate complex challenges,
all leaders must take responsibility
and have a moral compass grounded in competence,
integrity and concern for the greater good.”
“Now the overseer is to be above reproach,
faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled,
respectable, hospitable,…not violent but gentle,
not quarrelsome, not a lover of money.”
Campaign Manager Stephen Bannon to
Candidate Donald Trump, Devil’s Bargain, July 2017“Darkness is good. Don’t let up.”
“See to it, then, that the light within you is not darkness.”
President George W. Bush, October 19, 2017
“Bullying and prejudice in our public life
sets a national tone, provides permission for cruelty and bigotry
and compromises the moral education of children.”
“Hatred stirs up conflict,
but love covers over all wrongs.”